Common Assessment review- Weather & Cilmate #2

The sun heats the ground through which type of energy transfer?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

'The ground heats the air' is known as what type of heat transfer?

• RADIATION

• CONVECTION

• CONDUCTION

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

'The Warm Air Rises' is known as what type of heat transfer?

• RADIATION

• CONVECTION

• CONDUCTION

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Would a desert have a lot of HUMIDITY (how much water vapor is in the air?)

• YES because it can be very hot and dry there.

• NO because it has barely any water to evaporate in to the air.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

 When water vapor sticks to the CCN and turns to ice crystals, it must be very _______ high up in the atmosphere?

• HOT

• WET

• COLD

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Hail forms when water droplets get very, very cold or.... (__________)

• OVERCOOLED

• SUPERCOOLED

• UNDERCOOLED

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is CCN (Cloud Condensation Nuclei)?

• The center of a cloud that has a lot of positive and negative charge.

•  Any type of solid particle that water vapor sticks to as it cools down

Hail stones can get very large when the updrafts are ________

• STRONGER

• WEAKER

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

TRUE or FALSE: Hail Stones form very high up in the top of a cloud

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is an UPDRAFT?

• The force pushing down on clouds that makes hail and other types of pecipitation

• The transfer of energy thermal energy to the air above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6