Meteorology Test Review

Match the following parts of the water cycle.

• precipitation

• occurs when too much water has condensed and the air/clouds cannot hold it any longer

• collection

• when water turns from a liquid to a gas and goes into the air

• evaporation

• when water falls back to earth and falls into oceans, lakes, rivers, streams, or ends up on the ground

• condensation

• when water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into a liquid to form clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Match the following clouds with their characteristics.

• cirrus

• cloud that sits close to the ground

• fog

• puffy clouds that mean good weather

• stratus

• cloud that is dark gray and signals that a thunderstorm is coming

• cumulus

• cloud that sits low in the sky like a blanket and warn that rain is coming

• cumulonimbus

• wispy, thin clouds that sit high in the sky and is made of ice chunks

What are the four main forms of precipitation?

• rain

• snow

• fog

• hail

• sleet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Earth's atmosphere is held in place by __________.

• the weight of space

• gravity

• water

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Objects that are dark in color________more of the sun's energy than light colored objects.

• absorb

• reflect

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Choose the four atmospheric conditions that create weather.

• precipitation

• wind speed

• temperature

• humidity

• air pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why do you not feel the weight and pressure of the air pressing down on you?

• Your bones are super strong

• your body has equal amounts of pressure pushing on the outside and pushing from the inside

In North America, the weather generally moves from​ (a)   to​ (b)   in direction.

• east
• west
• north
• south

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Reorder the layers of the earth from the bottom of the atmosphere to the top.

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• exosphere

Match the following

• air pressure

• this instrument measures wind speed in miles per hour

• barometer

• scientist who studies the weather

• jet stream

• this instrument is used to measure changes in air pressure

• anemometer

• the weight of all the air above the earth pressing down

• meteorologist

• narrow band of high speed wind that blows from west to east in the upper atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5