Atmosphere, Weather, Climate Review

Which type of frontal system is most likely to produce violent, short-lived thunderstorms?

• a cold front

• a warm front

• a stationary front

• a warm occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Madison is learning how some physical factors can affect weather and what causes the seasons. Which example would be categorized as causing seasonal change?

• carbon emissions

• the greenhouse effect

• ocean currents

• the tilt of the Earth’s axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In general, which of the following factors are needed to create severe weather such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes?

• wind and rain

• lightning and thunder

• moisture and rising unstable air

• ocean water and the Coriolis effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Which of the following is most likely a human cause of climate change?

• recycling activities

• volcanic eruption

• car emissions

• lightning-started wildfire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Earth’s climate can be affected by natural factors such as changes in volcanic activity, solar output, and Earth's orbit around the Sun. Climate change can also be caused by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and the conversion of land for forestry and agriculture. The increase of which greenhouse gas due to human activity has had the greatest impact on global climate in the past century?

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• ozone

• water vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere --

• Oxygen

• Methane

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

Earth's atmosphere -- (select all that apply)

• Protects Earth from radiation

• Controls weather and climate

• Provides gases that plants and animals need to breathe

• Prevents aliens from invading Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What forms when two air masses meet and create weather?

• a formation

• warm air

• a front

• a tornado

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long term pattern of weather; average weather over many years in one specific place; summers in Virginia are hot and humid

• Weather

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• Cold front

• Warm front

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6