Weather Patterns

If an air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air it will ____.

• sink

• hover

• remain still

• rise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

As an air parcel rises, energy transfers from the warm air parcel to the cold surrounding air until their temperatures become _____.

• opposite

• equal

• different

• identical

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When an air parcel starts with a higher temperature, it will rise higher and lose more energy, causing more _____.

• hail and thunderstorms

• evaporation and drought

• fog and mist

• rainfall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The _____ is warmest at the surface and coldest at its highest point.

• stratosphere

• • troposphere

• ionosphere

• atmosphere

Rain can happen when an air parcel _________.

• heats up

• cools

• stays the same temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

______ _______ condenses and falls as rain.

• carbon dioxide

• liquid water

• water vapor

• methane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Loss of energy in an air parcel causes _________ .

• evaporation

• sublimation

• causation

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What could cause an air parcel to transfer energy to the surrounding air.

• the surrounding air was warmer than the air parcel

• the surrounding air has more water vapor than the air parcel

• the surrounding air was cooler than the air parcel

• the surrounding air was the same temperature as the air parcel

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If an air parcel has a low amount of water vapor present before condensation, how much liquid water (rain) will most likely form?

• high amount of liquid water

• low amount of liquid water

• no rain will form

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

an amount of air that moves as a unit

• evaporation

• condensation

• cloud

• air parcel

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5