Earth Systems Part 2 Vocabulary Test

What is weather?

• The amount of moisture in the air

• The number of clouds in the sky

• The speed of the wind

• The state of the atmosphere at any particular time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are the characteristics of a high-pressure system?

• Wind and rain

• Humidity and thunder

• Extremely hot temperatures

• Cool, dry and clear weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which side of the mountain usually gets deserts and why?

• windward, because of rising, moist air

• leeward, because of rising, dry air

• windward, because of sinking, moist air

• leeward, because of sinking, dry air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is a dry area on the leeward side of a mountain.

• Bay

• Rain Shadow

• Valley

• Forest

Most moisture falls on the _________ side.

• leeward

• windward

• rain shadow

• altitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the windward side of a mountain?

• The wet side that is upwind of the mountain.

• The side of the mountain with the most people.

• The dry side that is downwind of the mountain.

• The side of the mountain with the rain shadow.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What does a barometer measure?

• temperature
• air pressure
• dew point
• humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

• pressure gradient

• Coriolis Effect

• jet stream

• trade winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An instrument used to measure wind speed

• anemometer

• barometer

• pressure gradient

• monsoon