Weather Unit

The forecaster predicting the weather for an area would find which of the following MOST helpful?

• Average yearly precipitation

• Today’s barometric pressure

• Temperature changes in one month

• How often natural disasters occur

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The amount of moisture in the air is called:

• Barometric pressure

• Wind

• Temperature

• Humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

atmosphere

• air that surrounds earth

• the layer of gases closest to earth's surface

• air pressing on a surface

• water vapor in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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climate

• a tool that measures air pressure

• heat going from one place to another through movement of a gas or liquid

• winds that blow around Earth in given directions over long distances

• the average weather conditions of a place

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_______ look like cotton balls. 

• stratus
• cirrus
• cumulus
• cumulonimbus

_______ are clouds that are found in high altitudes. 

• stratus
• cirrus
• cumulus
• cumulonimbus

Which clouds form near the ground?

• Fog
• Cirrocumulus
• Nimbostratus 
• Altocumulus 

Clouds form in which step of the Water Cycle?

• Evaporation
• Condensation 
• Precipitation 
• Run Off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Nimbus is a prefix that means...

• fair
• rain
• sun
• snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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How do clouds form?

• Liquid water is heated and evaporates and becomes water vapor in the atmosphere.
• Water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses to become tiny liquid water droplets in the atmosphere.
• Tiny liquid water droplets float upwards and gather together in the atmosphere to form a cloud.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4