Weather Patterns - Chapter 2 and 3.

• Air moving from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure is _____.

• Wind
• Clouds
• Sunshine
• Rain

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Air ____ can be pushed up into the troposphere by wind.

• precipitation
• radiation
• convection
• parcels

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• Wind can push an air parcel even higher in the troposphere, causing the parcel to cool and lose more energy, which will lead to more _____.

• rainfall

• temperature rise
• cloud formation
• hurricane formation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

• Evidence is higher quality if it comes from a _____ source.

• questionable
• dubious
• unreliable
• • reliable

• Scientific knowledge is ____ by human capacity, technology, and materials.

• boundless
• infinite
• • constrained

• unlimited

• Severe rainstorms can be caused by many factors including......

• water vapor

• temperature

• dust

• wind

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• When liquid water becomes warmer it can evaporate and become water vapor in the air. All air contains _____.

• water

• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon dioxide

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• When water vapor in an air parcel cools, it can condense into ____ water which can form a cloud and fall as rain.

• solid
• gas
• plasma
• liquid

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The more an air parcel loses ____ and cools, the more rainfall can happen

• moisture content
• pressure
• wind speed
• energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

• The _____ is warmest at the surface and coldest at its highest point.

• stratosphere
• • troposphere

• ionosphere
• atmosphere

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