Weather and Climate

Weather is NOT

• short term temperature and precipitation

• small area

• can quickly change

• long term weather patterns in a large geographic pattern

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the main energy source of weather and climate?

(which one of these causes the other 3?)

• the sun

• wind

• air pressure

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Which process forms clouds?

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which type of clouds are associated with thunderstorms?

• cumulus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in?

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

which type of air mass is cold and dry?

• continental polar

• continental tropical

• maritime polar

• maritime tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front brings steady rain?

• warm front

• cold front

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differences in air pressure cause:

• rain

• wind

• clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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a maritime tropical air mass is

• dry and cold

• dry and wet

• warm and wet

• cold and wet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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The temperature at which clouds form is:

• dew point

• relative humidity

• precipitation

• cold front

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