Common Assessment 2

Heat from the sun reaches earth by ________

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

• Absorption

Heat flows from a ___ object to a _____ object

• hot, cold

• hot, hot

• cold, cold

• cold, hot

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

When ____ occurs in the atmosphere cool air sinks and warm air rises

• radiation

• absorption

• convection

• conduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_______ cities have more moderate temperatures than _____ cities

• coastal, coastal

• inland, inland

• inland, coastal

• coastal, inland

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cities near the ocean have ___ winters and ____ summers because of wind.

• cooler, cooler

• warmer, cooler

• cooler, warmer

• warmer, warmer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

________ affect coastal cities because warm air from the land rises and cool air from the ocean moves inland

• warm breezes

• hot breezes

• no breeze

• cool breezes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An area of _____ pressure will most likely result in clear weather

• high

• low

• no

• middle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_______ are created by high pressure fronts colliding with moist, warm, low pressure air masses

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

• tsunamis

• winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a ______ moves to an area of high pressure then stormy weather may happen

• low front

• warm front

• cold front

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______ are most likely to form in the spring and summer in the USA

• clear skies

• tsunamis

• tornadoes

• hurricanes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5