7th Honors Weather, Oceans & Catastrophic Events

The mass movement of heated paticles into an area of cooler particles.

• Convection

• Climate

• Environment

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The atmospheric conditions that occur from season to season and year to year with in a specific region.

• weather

• climate

• convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The uneven heating of the earth's surface directly affects the weather.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

High pressure systems create what type of weather?

• nice sunny day

• hurricanes

• thunderstorms

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Low pressure systems move counter clockwise.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Air masses sink, making it difficult for clouds to form

• Low Pressure System

• High Pressure System

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Low pressure systems form which of the following: (check all that apply)

• Clear Sunny Weather

• Hurricanes

• Stormy weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why is the ocean warmer at the equator?

• The equator is closer to he sun.

• The equator receives more direct sunlight

• The equator has higher sea levels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Convection in ocean currents occurs when warm waters which are heated by the sun, loose their heat and then sink as they become cooler and more dense.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Warm ocean currents move towards the equator and cold currents move toward the equator.

• True

• False

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