Earth Science Meteorology Review

A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming from a cumulonimbus cloud:

• hurricane

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Because the earth is spinning on its axis, the global winds appear to curve. This is known as the __________ ________.

• Coriolis Effect

• Greenhouse Effect

• Climate Effect

• Atmosphere Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of weather is usually associated with a low pressure system?

• Sunny weather

• Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What layer does weather occur in?

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Green House Effect

Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?

• LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures

• HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures

• HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface

• a line where hot and cold air are separating

• a line where two different air masses meet

• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A severe storm that involves strong winds and forms over warm water is:

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This severe weather involves lightning, rain, and forms from a cumulonimbus cloud.

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• hurricane

• blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where does a hurricane form?

• Over a cold body of water

• Over a warm body of water

• Over cold land

• Over warm land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6