Unit 2 Part 2 Review - Climate and Weather

An instrument that measures air pressure is a...

• Hygrometer

• Thermometer

• Psychrometer

• Barometer

An air mass that forms over land is classified as...

• Continental

• Polar

• Maritime

• Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The type of cloud in which thunderstorms form is...

• Altocumulus

• Cumulonimbus

• Altostratus

• Nimbostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Arid climates are...

• cold

• wet

• hot

• dry

In the troposphere, as altitude increases, temperature...

• stays constant

• increases

• decreases

• fluctuates

The conditions of Earth's Atmosphere at a particular time and place make up the climate.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Prevailing westerlies are land and sea breezes that change direction with the seasons.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A front forms when air masses meet and do not mix.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The center of a tornado is called the eye.

• True

• False

The layer of the atmosphere that is farthest from the Earth is the ...

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere