Science STAAR Review

Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the failing of cooler more dense fluid (8.10A)

• Ocean Current

• Low Pressure

• Convection Current

• Air Current

Tropical weather system with heavy rains and high speed winds also known as a cyclone or typhoon depending on the location around the world (8.10C)

• Jet Stream

• Prevailing Winds

• Convection Current

• Hurricane

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which area of the world do most hurricanes form? (8.10C)

• The North Pole

• The Equator

• The South Pole

• The Tropic of Cancer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What conditions will decrease the strength of a hurricane? (8.10C)

• High pressure

• Land

• Cold water

• All of the above

Name the front (8.10B)

• cold front

• warm front

• flags

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Name the front (8.10B)

• cold front

• hot seat

• stationary front

• warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which weather system is characterized by generally poor weather? (8.10B)

• cold front

• low pressure

• warm front

• high pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which city will most likely experience increasing temperatures during the next 24 hours? (8.10B)

• St. Louis, because there is a low pressure system approaching

• Denver, because a warm front just passed

• Atlanta, because a warm front is approaching

• Houston, because it is not raining

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why would St. Louis have the possibility of having thunderstorms in the next 24 hours? (8.10B)

• It is in a high-pressure area

• A cold front and low pressure are approaching

• It is not located near an ocean

• It recently experienced a warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hot air rises because...

• it is less dense
• it is heavier
• it is more dense
• it contains Helium

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5