Weather Pattern

A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture content throughout...

• Air Mass

• Cyclone

• Front

• Anticyclone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How does a warm front form?

• Cold air moves under warm air and pushes it up.

• Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it.

• Warm air becomes caught between cold air masses

• Two air masses meet and stay separated.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A Rain shadow effect leaves that side of the mountain...

• green with lush vegetation

• filled with many different plants and animals

• freezing cold

• very dry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Trade Winds and Westerlies are examples of

• Local Winds

• Surface Currents

• Deep Currents

• Global Winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a true distinction between a mountain breeze and a valley breeze?

• Valley breezes are daytime winds that blow up the mountain slopes

• Valley breezes are nighttime winds that blow downward into the valley

• Mountain breezes are daytime winds that blow downward into the valley

• Mountain breezes are nighttime winds that blow up the mountain slope

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of these best explains how frontal boundaries can lead to severe storms?

• Cold air flows down the side of a mountain away from the ocean.

• Cold air remains over an ocean for an extended period of time.

• Warm air is forced up rapidly by a cold air mass.

• Warm air rises slowly over a cold air mass.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?

• Drizzly rain followed by clear weather.

• severe storms

• many days of cloudy wet weather

• cold dry weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

On a summer evening a barometer reading shows a gradual increase in air pressure. The humidity is 80%. The thermometer reading is slightly increasing. Based on these pieces of data, what type of weather should be expected for the next day?

• clear and sunny

• cool and rainy

• rainy and windy

• cloudy and cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Describe what you see in the drawing at point "B."

• The sun heats the air at the equator, followed by the hot air rising and moisture condensing.

• The dry air moves back to the equator, picking up a lot of moisture on the way.

• The air sinks around 30* latitude and is very dry.

• The air moves poleward at a high altitude.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the BEST forecast for conditions on Wednesday?

• Fair

• Cloudy

• Severe Storms

• Clear Skies.

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