Weather, air pressure, fronts, and severe weather review

How is air pressure measured?

• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Hygrometer

• Doppler Radar

What is humidity?

• Any form of water that falls from the sky to the ground.
• A measure of the transparency of the atmosphere.
• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.
• The amount of water vapor in the air.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How is precipitation measured?

• Satellite Imaging

• Anemometer

• Rain gauge

• Thermometer

What is air pressure? 

• How hot or cold something is.
• Any form of water that falls to the ground from the clouds.
• The force of air molecules pushing on an area.
• Air that moves horizontally, or perpendicular to the ground.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How do we measure wind speed?

• Wind vane
• Anemometer
• Cumulus
• Barometer

All precipitation comes from clouds

• Some times

• True

• False

• Never

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are clouds?

• Clouds are a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that suspended in the air.

• Clouds are a collection of small snow droplets crystals that suspended in the air.

• Clouds are a collection of vapor or ice crystals that suspended in the air.

• Clouds are a collection of air that suspended in the sky.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Not all clouds produce precipitation

• False

• Sometimes

• True

• Never

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How do clouds form?

• Clouds form when water liquid heats up.

• Clouds form when water vapor freezes.

• Clouds form when water liquid condenses.

• Clouds form when water vapor condenses.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are the three classes of clouds?

• stratus, cumulus, and cirrus

• fluffy, spread out, and high clouds

• stratus, cumulus, and fluffy

• elongated, cumulus, and cirrus