Weather Test Prep

Which direction does weather move across the United States?

• North

• South

• East

• West

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How does the Gulf Stream affect North Carolina in the winter?

• keeps temperatures warmer/milder in the winter

• keeps temperatures cooler in the winter

• it does not change the temperature

• it causes a drought

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of air mass forms over land and is dry?

• continental

• maritime

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of air mass forms over water and is moist/wet?

• Continental

• Maritime

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

True or False: Water cools and warms more quickly than land.

• True

• False

Which of the following heats up and cools down faster?

• Land

• Water

How do large bodies of water impact the weather around them?

• makes weather more mild

• makes weather more extreme

• always creates cold, dry winters

• always create hot summers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The Gulf Stream brings ___________ waters to the eastern seaboard of the United States.

• cooler

• warmer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

El Nino is the _________ of the surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean?

• warming

• cooling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean currents that flow from the equator bring what type of weather?

• rain

• snow

• warmer weather

• cooler weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6