Meteorology Test Review

Why does ice float?

• less dense

• more dense

• colder temperatures

• because its in the North Pole

What front is over Virginia?

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Warm front

• Occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Why do hurricanes spin?

• Albedo effect

• Coriolis effect

• Gravitational pull

• Equatorial heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What weather front brings thunderstorms?

• Warm front

• Stationary front

• Cold front

• Moving front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What causes wind?

• Differences in air pressure

• layers of the atmosphere

• differences in humdity

• revolution of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Along weather fronts are usually cloudy/precipitation because the air is

• rising and cooling, causing condensation and clouds to form

• sinking and cooling, causing water to evaporate

• rising and warming...

• sinking and warming, causing water to evaporate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the formula for density?

• mass/volume

• density/volume

• volume/density

• mass x volume

What is the density of this mineral, if the mass is 16 grams and the volume is 2 cm3?

• 16 g/cm3

• 8 g/cm3

• 2 g/cm3

• 1 g/cm3

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What front is this? (What air mass is behind the front?)

• stationary front

• warm front

• cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of day is this?

• High pressure

• Low pressure

• Partly sunny

• Mostly sunny

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6