ESS.5.1.1 (5.E.1.1) #7 Schoolnet

What type of weather is usually found in low pressure areas?

• hot and dry

• wet and stormy

• cold and snowy

• sunny and humid

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Which best explains why a nearby body of water tends to make local temperatures milder?

• Water constantly releases heat into the air.

• Water gains and loses heat more slowly than land.

• Some water stays liquid when everything else is frozen.

• When water is frozen it protects the nearby area from wind.

Why is there usually more cloud cover at higher altitudes?

• Air pressure decreases at lower altitudes.

• Air pressure increases at higher altitudes.

• Water vapor condenses at cooler air temperatures.

• Water vapor condenses at warmer air temperatures.

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Which has the greatest effect on the temperature of a region?

• the amount of plants it has

• the amount of rainfall it gets

• the amount of humans it has

• the amount of sunlight it gets

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Which best explains why the air near the top of a mountain is cooler

than air at the base of a mountain?

• As air pressure decreases, temperature decreases.

• As air pressure increases, temperature decreases.

• As wind speed decreases, temperature decreases.

• As wind speed increases, temperature decreases.

How would weather conditions in an area change if a high pressure

system replaced a low pressure system?

• The area would become more stormy and rainy.

• The area would become more humid and warmer.

• The area would become cooler with less humidity.

• The area would become warmer with strong winds.

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What form of precipitation, in which ice crystals freeze over and over,

frequently occurs during thunderstorms?

• hail

• snow

• sleet

• heavy rain

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Which type of air pressure causes a storm to form on a spring day?

• low pressure, causing air to rise, cool, and form water droplets

• high pressure, causing air to rise, cool, and form water droplets

• low pressure, causing air to sink and bring water droplets to the ground

• high pressure, causing air to sink and bring water droplets to the ground

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If a weather system is moving from the Pacific coast to North Carolina,

from which direction will the winds in North Carolina most likely blow?

• north

• west

• east

• south

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Which best describes the effect of heavy cloud cover on temperatures at

night?

• Temperatures will be cooler than expected.

• Temperatures will be warmer than expected.

• Temperature will change frequently throughout the night.

• There will be no change in temperature throughout the night.