Weather Patterns Amplify

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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weather

• conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place

• the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds onto the ground

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• True

• False

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an amount of air that moves as a unit

• air parcel

• air pressure

• atmosphere

• change

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rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds onto the ground

• pattern

• precipitation

• source

• stability

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth, where weather happens

• water vapor

• wind

• troposphere

• weather

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When water vapor in an air parcel _____, it can condense into liquid water which can form a cloud and fall as rain.

• cools

• warms

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

• less

• more

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

• warmer

• colder

• equal

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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

• starts

• ends

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6