Climate and Weather Concepts

(Abby) Clouds form when the air in the atmosphere reaches the...

• dew point

• sky

• fog on the ground

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

(Kaidence) Water falling from the sky is known as...

• dew point

• heat index

• clouds

• precipitation

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(Olivia) What is weather?

• the unequal heating of the atmosphere

• the conditions of the atmosphere at any given time and place

• the amount of water vapor in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

(Adayah) When a warm air mass becomes trapped between two cold air masses.

• occluded front

• cirrus clouds form

• atmosphere

• cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

(Kaiden) Humidity is...

• Unequal heating of the atmosphere

• the amount of water vapor in the air

• the temperature at which water vapor condenses

• the boundaries between two air masses of different temperatures

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

(Lathan) When two air masses meet, the result is often a storm.

• True

• False

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(Ansley) Which of the following describes a cirrus cloud?

• like a blanket in the sky

• looks like cotton balls

• made of thin ice crystals, high and whispy

• low in the troposphere

(Brianna) Which of the following are characteristics of stratus clouds?

• high in the troposphere and icy

• thin and whispy

• white and puffy

• low in the troposphere and like a blanket

(Nathaniel) Which of the following is not a type of cloud?

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Occluded

(Hoke) What happens to warm air when a cold front moves in?

• it snows

• tornadoes form

• warm air moves up into the atmosphere

• cold air disappears

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