Water & Weather Unit Test

Identify the cloud in the image at right.

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

In which layer of the atmosphere do we live?

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is occurring at Location A?

• condensation

• transpiration

• precipitation

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

By which process are clouds formed?

• condensation

• transpiration

• precipitation

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Define density as shown in the image at right.

• Density is the mass per unit volume.

• Density is the weight per unit volume.

• Density is the volume per unit mass.

• Density is the weight per unit area.

Cold air is ________ than warm air.

• more dense
• less dense

• equally as dense

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cold air , warm air .

• rises; sinks

• sinks; rises

• sinks; sinks

• rises; rises

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Wind flows from areas of pressure to pressure.

• high; low

• high; high

• low; low

• low; high

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Construct an explanation to describe what is occurring in the image at right.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Air Masses & Fronts: Which map best shows the most probable areas of precipitation associated with these weather patterns?

• Map A

• Map B

• Map C

• Map D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6