Water Cycle, Weather, Climate

What is the gathering or collecting of something, such as water, over time in a specific area called?

• Accumulation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the invisible blanket of air that surrounds the Earth, where we live and breathe, and where weather happens?

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the average weather in a place over a long period of time - years, not days?

• The average weather in a place over a long period of time is referred to as its climate.

• The average weather in a place over a short period of time is referred to as its climate.

• The average temperature in a place over a long period of time is referred to as its climate.

• The average rainfall in a place over a long period of time is referred to as its climate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What term describes how much of the sky is covered by clouds?

• Cloud cover

• Humidity

• Precipitation

• Visibility

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the change from gas to liquid in the water cycle called?

• The change from gas to liquid in the water cycle is called condensation.

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a series of events that repeat in a pattern called?

• Cycle

• Sequence

• Chain

• Progression

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is matter (such as water, carbon, and oxygen) that make up living and nonliving things and are constantly moving and changing called?

• Matter

• Energy

• Atoms

• Molecules

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the slow change from liquid to gas in the water cycle called?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is it called when two or more things (such as objects, substances, or living things) affect each other or act upon each other?

• Interaction

• Isolation

• Separation

• Division

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is it called when the gravity of the earth pulls water from a cloud to the earth, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4