Science Olympiad Meteorology

pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds

• snow

• hail

• freezing rain

• rain

atmospheric water vapor frozen in to ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer

• snow

• clouds

• cotton candy

• white chocolate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

relief rainfall occurs when air has been blown over the sea and is then forced up over an area of high land

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain

• urban flood

• flash flood

• creek flood

• river flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a narrow band of winds and storms associated with a cold front

• wind line

• straight line

• squall line

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

wind that comes out of a thunderstorm

• straight line gusts

• straight line winds

• katabatic winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a drainage wind, a wind that carries high density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity

• katabatic winds

• straight line winds

• tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a strong downward current of air from a cumulonimbus cloud, usually associated with intense rain or a thunderstorm.

• downdraft

• downburst

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a boundary that separates a cold downdraft of a thunderstorm from warm, humid surface air. Its passage at the surface resembles a cold front.

• front

• gust front

• cold front

• warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A macroburst is an outward burst of strong winds at or near the surface with horizontal dimensions larger than 4 km (2.5 mi) and occurs when a strong downdraft reaches the surface. To visualize this process, imagine the way water comes out of a faucet and hits the bottom of a sink.

• false

• true

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5