Isolated Storms

Humidity increases throughout the day because

• water condenses in the cooler temperatures

• winds are increasing

• the sun is warming the earth and water evaporates

• it is starting to rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens to the temperature before a storm?

• The temperature stays the same.

• The temperature does not change.

• The temperature goes down.

• The temperature goes up.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Whay is the surface temperature of the earth higher than the air temperature?

• The air heats up faster than the earth

• The sun heats the earth and the earth heats the air.

• The sun heats the air.

• The sun heats the air and the air heats the earth.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Why does the temperature drop before a storm?

• The humidity makes the temperature go down.

• The temperature increases throughout the day, but then decreases.

• a cold front has arrived

• The humidity increases

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Will the storm come on July 21 or July 22?

• July 21

• July 22

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How do clouds form?

• Warm temperatures and fast moving molecules form clouds.

• Water evaporates, rises to the sky, and condenses

• Precipitation can be rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• Rain forms clouds.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How does water evaporate?

• It evaporates so we have rain.

• Water condenses because of the cooler temperatures

• Heat energy from the sun causes water molecules to move faster and a phase change occurs

• Condensation occurs throughout the day because of warm temperatures

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Why are the temperatures increasing through out the day?

• The clouds are heating the earth.

• The sun warms the earth.

• Precipitation is heating the earth.

• Evaporation is heathing the earth.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The sun has had time to heat the earth, water has evaporated, the earth has had time to warm the air

• Why isolated storms occur at night

• Why isolated storms occur in the afternoon

• Why isolated storm occur in the morning

• Why isolated storms occur on the weekends

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A storm that is relatively short with heavy rains that occurs mostly in the afternoon

• 100 year storm

• cold front storm

• Isolated storm

• tornado

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5