Weather Test

What is the name of the process by which water vapor enters the atmosphere during the water cycle?

• evaporation

• condensation

• convection

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Relative humidity is the amount of ___ in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at that temperature.

• ice

• solids

• water vapor

• snow

Two conditions are required for cloud formation; cooling of the air and _____.

• The presence of particles in the air

• The influence of the Coriolis

• The unequal heating of the Earth's surface

• The absorption of infrared energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Very high feathery clouds, wispy and are present above 6,000 m altitude.

• Nimbostratus clouds

• Cumulonimbus clouds

• Cirrus clouds

• Stratus clouds

A drought is a long period of _____.

• Rain coming late in the year

• Unusually hot weather

• Less rainfall than normal

• Heavy, damaging rains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is a(n) _______.

• cold front

• warm front

• occluded front

• stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What percent of our atmosphere is made up of gases other than oxygen and nitrogen?

• 5%

• 2%

• 10%

• 1%

Instruments used to measure air pressure are called

• barometers

• thermometers

• hygrometers

• hydrometers

The layer of our atmosphere in which weather occurs is the...

• stratosphere

• exosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressure...

• doesn't change

• decreases

• increases

• first increases, then decreases