Amplify Weather Patterns

Which air parcel will have more rainfall and why?

• Both air parcels will have the same amount of rain. They have the same surrounding air temperature, so the same amount of water vapor will fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 1 is colder than Air Parcel 2, so more water vapor will fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 2 will gain energy from the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 2 will lose energy to the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What causes condensation to occur? (Select all that apply)

• When an air parcel loses energy

• When an air parcel gains energy

• When an air parcel warms up

• When an air parcel cools down

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the layer of the atmosphere that is closest to the Earth and contains all weather?

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The more energy transferred out of an air parcel, the ______________________ occurs

• less condensation

• nothing, air parcels can only gain energy

• more condensation

• more evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Why do warmer air parcels produce more precipitation? (Select all that apply)

• they are less dense and rise higher in the troposphere

• the are more dense and stay at the surface of Earth

• the higher a warm air parcel rises, the greater temperature difference there is

• more energy is transferred out of the warm air parcels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The process of a gas (water vapor) changing to a liquid (AKA creating a cloud) is...

• air parcel

• change

• cloud

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Liquid water droplets suspended in the air is called a/an...

• air parcel

• cloud

• condensation

• stability

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What causes rain to fall from an air parcel?

• the air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air, so it loses energy

• the air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air, so it gained energy

• the air parcel is the same low temperature as the surrounding air, so it had low energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The surrounding air in the troposphere gets colder the higher you go up.

• True

• False

An air parcel stops rising once it

• loses all of its energy

• becomes the same amount of energy/temperature as the surrounding air

• gains double the amount of its initial energy/temperature

• lose all water vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5