Earth and Space Science: Water Vapor and Air Masses

Which of the following is a high-level cloud?

• stratocumulus

• altostratus

• cirrostratus

• nimbostratus

What is the process in which rain forms from melted snowflakes?

• sublimation-deposition process

• Bergeron-Findeisen process

• collision-coalescence process

• Hadley-Ferrel process

What are billowy, low-level clouds with flat bases?

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

• stratus

• altostratus

Which of the following is one of the three major factors that causes weather?

• uneven heat distribution

• ocean currents

• human activity

• volcanic eruptions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

From what does a frontal cyclone draw its energy?

• warm front

• warm air mass

• cold air mass

• cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of air mass forms over the Caribbean Sea?

• maritime polar

• continental polar

• continental tropical

• maritime tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

With what type of front does a frontal cyclone usually begin with?

• cold front

• occluded front

• stationary front

• warm front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What mid-level clouds are known for covering the sky and producing steady precipitation?

• cumulonimbus

• nimbostratus

• altostratus

• altocumulus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a lack of precipitation that affect's an area's crops is

• agricultural

• meteorological

• socioeconomic

• ecological

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Two unmoving air masses of different temperatures form what type of front?

• stationary

• warm

• cold

• occluded

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5