Weather Patterns Review

Rain is a form of what?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The amount of rain in Galetown is different from storm to storm because:

• each storm has different amounts of moisture and wind patterns.

• the temperature is always the same.

• Galetown is always dry.

• storms never bring rain to Galetown.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Lesson 1.3 When liquid water becomes warmer it can __________ and become water vapor in the air. All air contains water.

• evaporate

• condense

• freeze

• melt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Lesson 1.3 When water vapor in an air parcel cools, it can __________ into liquid water which can form a cloud and fall as rain.

• condense

• evaporate

• sublimate

• freeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Lesson 1.5 Energy transfers from __________ air to cold air until their temperatures become equal.

• humid

• cold

• dry

• warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Lesson 1.5 The more an air parcel loses energy and cools, the more __________ can happen.

• wind

• sunlight

• rainfall

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Lesson 2.1 The troposphere is __________ at the surface and __________ at its highest point.

• colder, warmer

• warmer, colder

• drier, wetter

• warmer, warmest

If an air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air it will __________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As an air parcel rises, energy transfers from the __________ air parcel to the __________ surrounding air.

• cold, cooler

• cooler, warmer

• colder, hotter

• hotter, colder

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How does wind affect an air parcel and the amount of rain it can produce?

• Wind increases the amount of rain an air parcel can produce by lifting it higher.

• Wind decreases the amount of rain an air parcel can produce by dispersing moisture.

• Wind has no effect on the amount of rain an air parcel can produce.

• Wind causes the air parcel to warm up, reducing rainfall.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6