Weather Patterns Review

What is a group of air that moves together as one unit through the atmosphere?

• Bill Parcells

• Cloud

• Air Parcel

• Rain Cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Condensation is when

• liquid water is turned into water vapor

• water vapor cools down and forms water droplets

• water heats up and evaporates

• water in a cloud falls to the Earth as rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What object is formed inside an air parcel when there is a high amount of water vapor?

• lightning strike

• mountain

• river

• cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In which part of the atmosphere does a cloud form

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• troposphere

• geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What factors create a large cloud called "hot towers"

• cold air, low wind, low water vapor

• hot air, low wind, low water vapor

• hot air, high wind, high water vapor

• colt air, high wind, low water vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Scientists who study weather are called

• Weathermen

• Weatherology

• Meteorology

• Storm from X Men

What are clouds made of?

• smoke from fires around the world

• warm water vapor that cools down into water droplets

• cold water from the river

• water droplets from the rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When energy flows out of the air parcel, the clouds temperature will

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

• never change

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What happens when an air parcels temperature starts to increase?

• the air parcel will stay low to the ground

• the air parcel will disappear into the air

• the air parcel will get much colder

• the air parcel will travel up into the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Precipitation is when

• water falls to the earth as rain, snow, or hail

• water vapor cools down and forms a cloud

• water that runs off into the ocean

• water enters the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4