Earth Science Post

This instrument measures air pressure.

• anemometer

• barometer

• rain gauge

• thermometer

What is the barometric pressure for this station?

• 009.6 mb

• 909.6 mb

• 109.6 mb

• 1009.6 mb

• 096 mb

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the wind direction

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Southwest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If a cloud has "cirro-" or "-cirrus" in its name, it means:

• curl of hair; wispy; high-altitude; icy

• mid-altitude

• heaped; puffy; instability

If a cloud has "alto-" in its name, it means:

• curl of hair; wispy; high-altitude; icy

• mid-altitude

• heaped; puffy; instability

The geological activity at subduction zones is

• the creation of new seafloor.

• lots of earthquakes and volcanoes.

• hotspot volcanoes.

• fairly nonexistent.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

__________ crust subducts under __________ crust because it is __________.

• Continental; oceanic; denser

• Continental; oceanic; buoyant

• Oceanic; continental; buoyant

• Oceanic; continental; denser

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The layer of the atmosphere in which weather change occurs is the:

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Sediments come together by these processes to create sedimentary rocks.

• compaction and cementation

• precipitation and cementation

• compaction and precipitation

• compaction, cementation, and precipitation

The two main types of metamorphism are

• igneous and sedimentary.

• extreme and moderate.

• regional and contact.

• foliated and non-foliated.