Types of Rain & Predicting the Weather

What causes rain to form when warm air parcels rise high into the troposphere?

• The air parcels cool down

• The air parcels condense into liquid

• The air parcels expand

• The air parcels evaporate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is orographic rain?

• Rain that forms when air parcels of different temperatures collide

• Rain that forms when air parcels run into certain landforms on Earth's surface

• Rain that forms from a single rising air parcel

• Rain that forms when air parcels evaporate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Why is Hilo, Hawaii one of the wettest places on Earth?

• Because it is located in a desert

• Because of orographic rain

• Because it is on the western side of Hawaii

• Because it has low mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens to air parcels as they hit the island of Hilo and are forced upward by the mountains?

• They gain energy and rise

• They lose energy and water vapor condenses

• They move towards the ocean

• They evaporate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a rain shadow?

• A dry area on the leeward side of a mountain

• A wet area on the windward side of a mountain

• A type of cloud formation

• A type of precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of rain is produced when vapor in air parcels condenses into liquid water, producing clouds and frequent rain?

• Frontal rain

• Convectional rain

• Orographic rain

• Cyclonic rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the term for the area where there is very little water left in the air after it passes over mountains, resulting in a dry landscape?

• Rain shadow

• Desert zone

• Dry front

• Arid region

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the place called where two air parcels meet and dramatic weather tends to happen?

• Convergence zone

• Front

• Cyclone

• Rain shadow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What happens to the warm air when a cold air parcel and a warm air parcel meet at a front?

• The warm air sinks

• The warm air moves horizontally

• The warm air rises into the troposphere

• The warm air stays at the same level

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What causes water vapor to condense and form droplets of liquid water in frontal rain?

• The warm air cooling as it rises

• The warm air heating as it rises

• The cold air cooling as it rises

• The cold air heating as it rises

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5