Weather Patterns, Chapters 1 & 2

What is the process of liquid water turning into a gas?

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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What is water in the form of a gas called?

• water vapor

• cloud droplets

• precipitation

• water gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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What is the process of water evaporating from the pores (stoma) of plant leaves?

• evaporation

• transpiration

• crystallization

• stomalization

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What is the process of a gas changing into a liquid?

• respiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What causes condensation to occur? (Select all that apply)

• When an air parcel loses energy

• When an air parcel gains energy

• When an air parcel warms up

• When an air parcel cools down

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What happens when the surrounding air temperature is colder than the air parcel temperature?

• The air parcel cools

• The surrounding air cools

• The air parcel warms up

• Nothing happens

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Rain, freezing rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of what?

• condensation

• clouds

• transpiration

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How does precipitation form?

• water vapor condenses and becomes suspended in the air

• cloud droplets become larger and heavier and fall to the ground

• liquid water gains energy and turns into a gas

• liquid water exits the pores of leaves and turns into a gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Select all of the factors that create more precipitation.

• the more surface water there is in a location

• more vegetation

• more water vapor in the air

• the warmer the air parcel is compared to the surrounding air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the layer of the atmosphere that is closest to the Earth and contains all weather?

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

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