Stream Dynamics

Areas of low air pressure form in the troughs or dips in the jet stream.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Areas of high air pressure form in the humps or the upper ridges of the jet stream.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The two jet streams that exist in the Americas are the Polar Jet Stream and the Sub-Tropical Jet Stream.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The jet stream pulls weather systems through the United States and may bring rain to the areas of the United States.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why is measuring stream discharge important?

• To predict flooding events

• To manage water resources

• To understand ecosystem health

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The greater the slope

• the stream velocity decreases

• the streams velocity stays the same

• the streams velocity increases

What happens when a stream goes faster?

• The stream deposits sediment

• The stream has less energy for erosion

• The stream picks up more sediment

• The stream floods

Places above the jet stream are colder than places below the jet stream.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which best describes a characteristic of the jet stream?

• It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.

• It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.

• It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North

  America.

• It causes high pressure air masses to rotate clockwise.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the jet stream?

• Precipitation in North Carolina

• Weather over a long period of time

• Strong winds above the Earth's surface

• Football flying over the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6