Science Quiz Assignment

What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

Sucks up water into the clouds.

• transpiration

• condensation

• Evaporation

• surface runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the name of this weather instrument?

• Weather Vane

• barometer

• hygrometer

• anemometer

Which cloud forms from convection?

• cumulus

• stratus

• Cirrus cloud

• cumulonimbus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

It may produce long period of precipitation and warmer temperatures

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is high pressure?

What is low pressure?

• Usually signal more fair weather.

• It has higher pressure than it's surroundings

• These usually result in rainy and/or stormy weather conditions

• It has lower pressure than it's surroundings

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of storm is a storm that comes from the ocean and can create floods and cause destruction.

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• earthquake

• Blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which climate region is the coldest

• Temperate

• Polar

• Dry

• Tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are jet streams?

• Something that dips and bends constantly and changes positions.

• Warmer and Cooler

• Cooler and Warmer

• It becomes lighter in the air and then it becomes Darker in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What ocean current is warm

• Tidal current

• The Canary Current

• Gulf Stream

• The North Equatorial Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6