Weather Patterns

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which layer of the atmosphere is there weather and clouds?

• mesosphere

• hydrosphere

• lithosphere

• troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

(T/F) A transfer of energy happened each time to create water vapor, clouds, and precipitation.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which storm is likely to have had more rainfall?

• Storm 1. The air parcel at the surface was warmer and had more energy, so when it moved higher, it lost more energy.

• Storm 1. The air parcel at the surface was warmer and had more energy, so when cooler air from above came down, it lost more energy.

• Storm 2. The air parcel at the surface was cooler and had less energy, so when it moved higher, it gained more energy.

• Storm 2. The air parcel at the surface was cooler and had less energy, so with low energy it remained near the surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What could have happened to the air parcel to cause rainfall on Day 2?

• The air parcel was warmer than the surrounding air, so it lost energy.

• The air parcel was warmer than the surrounding air, so it gained energy.

• The air parcel was at the same low temperature as the surrounding air, so it had low energy.

• The air parcel was cooler than the surrounding air, so it gained energy.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If an air parcel is warmer than its surrounding air, then it will rise.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The temperature of the areas surrounding Kochi before each storm was about 10°C and there was the same amount of water vapor in the air. Given this information, which storm do you predict will have the most rainfall, and why?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Process of a gas (water vapor) changing to a liquid... creating a cloud :)

• air parcel

• change

• cloud

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

an amount of air that moves as a unit

• energy

• evaporation

• air parcel

• change

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5