Atmosphere & Meteorlogy_SWEHS

Which cross section correctly represents a cold front and the air-mass movements associated with this front?

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Water is returned from Earth's surface to the atmosphere by

• Evaporation and transpiration
• Condensation and transpiration
• Condensation and precipitation
• Evaporation and precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What type of front is shown on the map? (click on image to enlarge)

• stationary front

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Wind moves from regions of

• high pressure toward regions of low pressure
• high temperature toward regions of low temperature
• high precipitation toward regions of low precipitation
• high humidity toward regions of low humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Clouds most likely form as a result of

• moist air rising, expanding, and cooling
• moist air rising, compressing, and warming
• dry air rising, compressing, and warming
• dry air rising, expanding, and cooling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Clouds usually form when

• air temperature reaches the dewpoint
• evaporation has warmed the surrounding air
• relative humidity is 0%
• condensation nuclei have been removed from the air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The weather satellite image below shows two large swirl-shaped cloud formations, labeled A and B, over the Pacific Ocean. These large swirl-shaped cloud formations most likely represent: (click on image to enlarge)

• Hurricanes

• Polar air masses

• tornadoes

• warm fronts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which air mass is normally associated with the formation of hurricanes?

• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical
• Continental polar
• Maritime polar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The ozone layer helps life on Earth because ozone

• absorbs damaging ultraviolet radiation from the Sun
• modifies the normal El Niño weather pattern
• reflects insolation from the Sun
• deflects winds from a straight line to a curved path

What is the latitude and longitude at the center of the hurricane? (click on image to enlarge)

• 26° N 81° W

• 26° N 89° W

• 34° N 81° W

• 34° N 89° W

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2