Standard 3.3 Weather Maps

A front is

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A cold front usually brings what kind of weather?

• snow  
• sunny and fair
• heavy rain and/or thunderstorms 
•  cool and dry 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does this symbol indicate on a weather map? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of front is this?

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of front is this? 

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If it's a hot day outside, what can you conclude?

• There are a lot of clouds in the sky

• The air can hold a lot of moisture

• The wind is blowing extremely fast

• The air can hold very little moisture

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Why can't you see the water vapor in the air?

• It exists as a clear, colorless gas

• It's all been condensed

• There is very little of it

• It's all far away, in the upper atmosphere

If the air is only holding one-third as much moisture as it can possibly hold, what is the relative humidity?

• 25 percent

• 50 percent

• 33 percent

• 67 percent

What will happen if the relative humidity is 100 percent, and the temperature begins falling?

• It will start to rain

• The air will be sticky and uncomfortable

• The temperature will rise

• The barometric pressure will rise

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5