Weather Quiz

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of storm front if this?

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of storm front is this? 

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does symbol # 3 mean?

• stationary front
• occluded front
• warm front
• cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Located at the leading edge of a warm air mass. Brings gentle rain or light snow, followed by warmer, milder weather.  

• Warm Front
• Cold Front 
• Occluded Front 
• Stationary Front 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do we name air masses?

• Water and temperature
• Air pressure
• Humidity and temperature
• Cold and warm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the relative humidity when the dry-bulb temperature is 16°C and the wet-bulb temperature is 14°C?

• 100%

• 80%

• 14%

• 13%

The amount of water vapor in the air is known as ___.

• dew point

• absolute humidity

• relative humidity

• rain

Which will hold more water, warm air or cold air?

• Warm Air

• Cold AIr

Dew is what?

• Water that is pushed out by plants

• Water that was a gas in the atmosphere, but when it cooled turned into liquid water touching a solid object

• Water from the ground

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4