2024 Weather Quiz #1

1. Look at #1 on the diagram. Water vapor is rising and cooling during evaporation. What process could occur next?

• transpiration
• condensation
• evaporation
• surface water flow

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2. Look at #4 on the diagram. If there are no trees, what process will decrease?

• transpiration
• condensation
• precipitation
• ground water flow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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3. Look at #2 on the diagram. This process is driven by gravity. What process is occuring?

• transpiration
• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

4. Look at #3 on the diagram. This could occur if the ground is saturated and nonporous.

• transpiration
• precipitation
• ground water flow
• surface water flow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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5. Look at #5 on the diagram. The rate of this process increases with more thermal energy (heat).

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation
• ground water flow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

6. Plants use water for photosynthesis and release water vapor into the atmosphere. This process is called ______________.

• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation
• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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7-8. Choose the 4 types of precipitation.

• Rain
• Sleet
• Freezing Rain
• Snow
• Dew

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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9. Which of the following is an example of condensation?

• cloud
• frost
• dew
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

14. The driving force for precipitation is ___________.

• solar radiation
• condensation
• gravity
• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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15. The picture below is an example of ___________.

• condensation
• surface water flow
• ground water flow
• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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