Weather Patterns

What can yo predict about Texas weather from this map

• Texas is Hot

• Texas is Cold

• Texas has clear skies

• Texas has cloudy skies

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Which best describes this image

• Convection Current

• Conduction Current

• Solar Cycle

• Lunar Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What part of the illustration shows Evaporation?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which is the best instrument to determine if there will be clear or cloudy skies?

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• Air moving from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure is _____.

• Wind

• Clouds

• Sunshine

• Rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Air ____ can be pushed up into the troposphere by wind.

• precipitation

• radiation

• convection

• parcels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Wind can push an air parcel even higher in the troposphere, causing the parcel to cool and lose more energy, which will lead to more _____.

• rainfall

• temperature rise

• cloud formation

• hurricane formation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

• Severe rainstorms can be caused by many factors including......

• water vapor

• temperature

• dust

• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• solid

• gas

• plasma

• liquid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• moisture content

• pressure

• wind speed

• energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5