7th Grade 2nd Semester Final Exam - Weather Review

1. Choose the correct definition for the term weather.

• The current conditions of the atmosphere

• Transfer of energy by the flow of molecules in a heated material

• Molecules are further apart and moving fast

• Boundary formed between two colliding air masses

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

2. When sun, water, and air interact, the result is ______.

• weather

• sun

• wind

• fronts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

3. What does the following describe?

Air masses moving and meeting.

• Changes in weather

• Changes in air temperature

• Changes in cloud types

• Changes in pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

4. Choose all of the geographic features that affect weather.

• lakes

• oceans

• mountains

• skyscrapers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5. Choose the term for:

Transfer of energy that occurs when molecules bump into each other; must have CONTACT between objects.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

5. Choose the term for:

Transfer of energy by the flow of molecules in a heated material.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

5. Choose the term for:

Transfer of energy in the form of rays or waves.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

6. What happens to molecules as they are heated?

• Molecules are further apart and move fast

• Molecules are close together and move slowly

• Nothing happens

• Molecules are further apart and move slowly

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

6. What happens to molecules as they are cooled?

• Molecules are further apart and move fast

• Molecules are close together and move slowly

• Nothing happens

• Molecules are further apart and move slowly

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

7. Choose the term for:

Boundary formed between two colliding air masses.

• front

• barometer

• stratus

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5