weather

When water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing ____.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A(n) ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• air mass

• cloud

• tornado

• front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Low, layered gray clouds that produce light precipitation are ____ clouds

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

• nimbus

The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a ____.

• front

• storm

• climate

• flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Precipitation and storms occur ____.

• in high-pressure systems

• in polar zones

• in low-pressure systems

• at the equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms is the ____.

• dew point

• rain point

• wind point

• relative humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

High, thin, white, feathery clouds containing ice crystals are usually associated with fair weather, but they can also indicate approaching storms. These clouds are called ____ clouds.

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

• nimbus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A ____ studies and forecasts the weather using data gathered from many sources.

• meteorologist

• geologist

• station model

• biologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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The interaction of air, water, and ____ causes weather.

• the Sun

• humidity

• land

• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases, that form when air currents rise are called ____ clouds.

• stratus

• cumulus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4