Weather Mid Term

The bus driver allows more time to drive the morning bus route because low-lying clouds make the road difficult to see. What type of cloud causes the road to be less visible?

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the layer of air around the Earth called?

• trophosphere

• atmosphere

• hemisphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The air is mainly made up of ........

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

In the modern day atmosphere, what is the approximate percentage of nitrogen?

• 0.04%

• 21%

• 78%

• 1%

What is the second most abundant (lots of it) gas in Earth's atmosphere?

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Argon

• Carbon Dioxide

What process occurs when tiny water droplets cling together in the atmosphere?

• clouds

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process called when water vapor turns to liquid water?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

True or False: Most runoff eventually travels back to the ocean.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Cirrus clouds are associated with _________ weather. 

• rainy
• snowy
• fair
• stormy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_______ are wispy, feathery clouds.

• stratus
• cirrus
• cumulus
• cumulonimbus