Weather Patterns

the boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix

• tornado

• lightning

• front

• isobar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure

• tornado

• occluded

• isobar

• continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

cut off, as in a front where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses

• occluded

• polar

• continental

• maritime

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Explain which air mass affects the weather in Georgia.

• Air mass #1 brings warm, moist weather to Georgia, because it is a continental polar air mass.

• Air mass #2 brings warm, moist weather to Georgia, because it is a maritime tropical air mass.

• Air mass #1 brings cold, dry weather to Georgia, because it is a maritime tropical air mass.

• Air mass #2 brings cold, dry weather to Georgia, because it is a continental polar air mass.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Predict the weather conditions necessary for the formation of a tornado.

• High temperature and high humidity

• Cold front meeting a warm front

• Stable air pressure and low humidity

• Unchanging wind patterns

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Which weather pattern is characterized by a rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground?

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Blizzard

• Drought

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

What can be an effect of climate change on weather patterns?

• Decreased variability in weather patterns

• More predictable weather

• Increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events

• A permanent shift to colder weather globally

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Discuss the potential impacts of climate change on weather patterns.

• Climate change has no impact on weather patterns.

• Climate change can lead to more extreme weather events, such as stronger hurricanes, more intense heatwaves, and heavier rainfall.

• Climate change will only cause colder weather.

• Climate change will only affect weather patterns in the polar regions.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Which of the following is a common cause of seasonal weather patterns?

• The rotation of the Earth around the Sun

• The tilt of the Earth's axis

• The Moon's gravitational pull on the Earth

• Changes in the Earth's magnetic field

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Analyze the impact of El Niño on global weather patterns.

• El Niño typically causes cooler ocean temperatures and milder weather.

• El Niño typically causes warmer ocean temperatures and can lead to extreme weather events like floods and droughts.

• El Niño has no significant impact on global weather patterns.

• El Niño only affects the weather in the Southern Hemisphere.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking