Weather and Climate

Climate is ______.

• what the air is like outside
• the temperature of a day
• pattern of weather in a place over many years.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The condition of the atmosphere, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and rainfall

• climate
• weather
• trend
• season

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The location where warm air mass is replacing a cooler air mass

• cold front
• warm front
• icy front
• storm front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The location where cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass

• storm front
• hot front
• warm front
• cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_______ affects weather because the further north or south you go from the Equator, the less solar energy (heat).

• altitude
• latitude
• sunlight
• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _.

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of storm can produce tornadoes?

• Multicell Cluster

• Squall Line

• Cyclone

• Supercell

Which system results in drier, fairer weather?

• high pressure
• low pressure
• hurricane
• weather system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.

• dust
• water
• cloud particles
• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which location probably has the greatest annual rainfall?

• A
• F
• C
• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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