Atmosphere/Water in Atmosphere

Precipitation in the form of lumps of ice.

• Rain

• Sleet

• Drizzle

• Hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This forms when rain falls through a layer of freezing air near the ground.

• hail

• rain

• snow

• sleet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The most common form of SOLID precipitation

• Rain

• Sleet

• Snow

• Hail

A could with the prefix nimbo, or suffix nimbus is...

• rain-producing

• storm-producing

• dry

• named after Harry Potter's broom.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds bring thunderstorms.

• Nimbostratus

• cumulous

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

High altitude clouds.

• Cirrus

• Cumulous

• Stratus

• Mammatus

Atmospheric pressure is measured with what?

• altimeter

• pressometer

• barometer

• thermometer

Energy from the sun travels to earth as __________________________.

• convection currents

• radiation

• ozone

• visible light

The winds that blow through most of the contiguous US are called _________________________.

• Horse

• Easterlies

• Doldrums

• Westerlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The trapping of heat due to the gases in our atmosphere is called the _____________________ effect.

• lighthouse

• global warming

• greenhouse

• radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5