Unit 2 Weather/ Earth Science

Which are weather conditions?

• temperature

• air pressure and wind

• clouds and precipitation

• all of the above

• humidity/ water vapor

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warm/ hot air

• rises

• sinks

• stays

• rolls

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cold air

• rises

• sinks

• rolls

• stays

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Low pressure areas are

• more dense

• less dense

• no density

High pressure areas are

• more dense

• less dense

• no density

solar energy can be converted into ______ energy when it is absorbed.

• thermal

• kinetic

• moveable

• excited

Clouds are formed through

• evaporated water that has risen with hot air and condensed in the atmosphere

• evaporated water that has disappeared in the atmosphere

• puddles that sit on Earth's surface

• humidity that has made dew

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Air has both

• mass and volume

• volume and odor

• volume and color

• mass and color

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How does the air above Earth primarily get heated?

• the sun

• radiation

• Earth's surface

• convection

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The movement of molecules in an object.

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Convective energy

• Conductive energy

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