Weather

The amount of heat that a region receives from the sun depends on how fast the Earth rotates each day.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cirrus clouds are created from ice crystals.

• True

• False

Normal atmospheric pressure is the air pressure at sea level.

• True

• False

The speed with which a cold front moves helps determine how much precipitation will occur.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The westerlies blow air from the east to the west.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cold air can hold more moisture than warm air can.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A large, rotating tropical weather system with speeds of at least 119 km/h (74 mph).

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Jet Stream

• Trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Puffy, white low-level clouds.

• Cirrus clouds

• Stratus clouds

• Cumulus clouds

• Trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A small, rotating funnel of air that has high wind speeds and low central air pressure.

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Lightning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The winds that blow from 30 degrees latitude to the equator.

• Front

• Air mass

• Jet Streams

• Trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6