Amplify Science Weather and Climate

The more an air parcel loses energy and cools, the more rainfall can happen.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

troposphere

• water as a gas

• to move from one object to another or one place to another

• liquid water droplets suspended in air

• lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs

All clouds form when __________ in air parcels comes in contact with colder surrounding air.

• liquid water

• water vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Precipitation happens when rain drops ________ and become ________ and too ________ to stay suspended in the air.

• collide, larger, heavy

• sink, thick, heavy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Why might a cloud form without rain?

• Clouds are too high in the troposphere so the water vapor turns to crystals and can't melt.

• There may not be enough water vapor in the air.

• Wind pushes rain clouds high into the troposphere causing water to freeze.

• Some clouds form without water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

air parcel

• water as a gas

• the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth in different states

• an amount of air that moves as a unit

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What causes rain to fall from an air parcel?

• the air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air, so it loses energy

• the air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air, so it gained energy

• the air parcel is the same low temperature as the surrounding air, so it had low energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which layer of the atmosphere is there weather and clouds?

• mesosphere

• hydrosphere

• lithosphere

• troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Day 1 and Day 2 in Greenville started with the same amount of water vapor in the air parcels there. It rained at the end of Day 2 but it did not rain at the end of Day 1. 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.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air Parcel 1 is the same temperature as the surrounding air. Air parcel 2 is warmer than the surrounding air. Air Parcel 1 and Air Parcel 2 started with the same amount of water vapor in them. Which air parcel will have more rainfall and why?

• Both air parcels will have the same amount of rain. They have the same surrounding air temperature, so the same amount of water vapor will fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 1 is colder than Air Parcel 2, so more water vapor will fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 2 will gain energy from the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 2 will lose energy to the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6