Weather & Climate

_________ is the measure of the amount of moisture in the atmosphere.

• Humidity

• Atmospheric Pressure

• Temperature

• Thermometer

___________ is the long term average weather of an area for a period of years (usually 30 years).

• Freezing

• Transpiration

• Climate

• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Most of the air in the lower atmosphere near the equator is

• cool, moist, and sinking

• warm, dry, and rising

• warm, moist and rising

• cool, dry, and sinking

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The boundary between two different air masses is called a(n) ________.

• high pressure area

• front

• low pressure area

• air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cool, dry weather is usually accompanied by ______

• high air pressure

• high relative humidity

• lower air pressure

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A drop in air pressure usually indicates that the

• approaching weather is cool and dry

• weather will remain unchanged

• approaching weather is stormy

• air temperature is falling

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Climate describes short term changes in the variables of the atmosphere, such as temperature, pressure, wind speed, etc.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cold air is more dense than warm air

• True

• False

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Low pressure systems often bring stormy weather

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

__________ air rises because it is ____________ dense.

• cool, less

• warm, less

• cold, more

• warm, more

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