Coriolis Effect, Wind, and Clouds

Layer of atmosphere that vaporizes meteors?

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

The second most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

• Nitrogen

• Neon

• Oxygen

• Water Vapor

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Objects in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This clouds latin root is "pile" or "heap"

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Nimbus

The whispy high clouds that has the latin root "curl" or "fringed"

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Nimbus

This clouds latin root is "layer"

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Nimbus

The part of the Water Cycle has all three types of water (liquid, gas, solid)

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The driving force of the Water Cycle is?

• The troposphere

• The Sun

• The oxygen

• The clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which winds were crucial to sailors because it helped them get their items across the ocean to sell?

• Trade Winds

• Prevailing winds

• Westerlies

• Jet Stream