TEST: Weather (Science 8)

What part of the illustration shows Evaporation? 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process during which water cools and turns from a gas to a liquid?

• Condensation
• Runoff
• Precipitation
• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What direction is the warm front moving on the map? 

• North
• South
• East
• West

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An air mass that formed over the ocean near the equator would probably be - 

• maritime polar
• maritime tropical
• continental polar
• continental tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If an air mass is rising, it must be

• cold and less dense
• cold and more dense
• warm and more dense
• warm and less dense

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What happens when two air masses meet?

• a high pressure system is made

• cold air enters

• a front is created

• warm air enters

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Thermal energy transfer by conduction is accomplished when heat moves from a warmer object to a cooler one by -

• moving across a solid barrier.
• being carried in a fluid, like air or water.
• coming in direct physical contact with it.
• traveling through empty space.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Convection takes place because

• warm air is more dense than humid air
• warm and cold air have the same density
• cold air is less dense than warm air
• cold air is more dense than warm air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6