Weather Unit Review

Which decreases as altitude increases?

• air pressure

• visibility

• air temperature

• none of the above

What forms when two different air masses meet?

• a front

• a high pressure system

• a low pressure system

• a storm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a cool and a warm air mass meets, the ______ air gets pushed up.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What happens when warm, humid air gets pushed up by a mountain?

• It condenses into clouds.

• A front forms

• Lake effect snow happens.

• Both sides of the mountain get rain.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is needed to create lake effect snow?

• A lake

• Water temperature warmer than the air

• An air mass moving across the lake

• A location near the lake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Why is a rain shadow created?

• The air mass is dry and warms as it goes down the mountain.

• It doesn't get enough sun.

• The air mass is too dense.

• It is already a desert.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A high pressure system causes...

• air to move down and become warm

• air to move up and become warm

• air to move down and become cool

• air to move up and become warm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a high pressure system meets a lower pressure system the _______ system moves up.

• high pressure

• low pressure

• warm front

• cool front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When an air pressure system rises, what happens to it?

• It becomes a high pressure system.

• The warm air causes it to become rain.

• The cool air causes it to condense and form precipitation.

• It mixes with other systems.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What is the phenomena depicted here?

• Cold Front

• Warm Frong

• Orographic Effect

• Jet Stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5