Weather Test Review

In the diagram, number 3 represents —

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• precipitation

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The movement of water through its liquid, gas, and solid states throughout the world is called...

• condensation

• precipitation

• water cycle

• evaporation

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Which statement is NOT an example of condensation?

• Drops on the outside of a drinking glass

• Letting your hair air dry after swimming

• Breathing on a car window

• Dew on the grass outside

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What are the two most abundant gases in the atmosphere?

• Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen

• Nitrogen and Argon

• Nitrogen and Oxygen

The ozone layer is located within the -

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

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Cirrus clouds are —

• low in the sky

• thunderstorm clouds

• puffy and white

• thin and feathery

Temperature is measured with —

• an anemometer

• a barometer

• a thermometer

• a psychrometer

The majority of clouds form in which layer of the atmosphere?

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

As you go higher in the atmosphere, the air pressure —

• increases

• stays the same

• does not change

• decreases

In which layer of the atmosphere do satellites orbit Earth?

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere