Weather and climate PASS review

What role does runoff play in the water cycle?

• It is the process in which liquid turns to water vapor

• It carries water from precipitation into oceans

• It takes water out of the water cycle

• It is not part of the water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens when air reaches its dew point?

• Condensation occurs

• Relative humidity is 100%

• The humidity decreases

• Clouds form

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather will nimbostratus clouds likely bring?

• sunny

• warm

• rainy

• thunderstorm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How does sleet differ from snow?

• It is not a form of precipitation

• It is liquid and not ice

• It starts as rain and freezes in the air

• It starts as water vapor and changes to a solid

Which of the following describes an air mass with the symbol cT?

• cold and wet

• cold and dry

• warm and wet

• warm and dry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A continental polar air mass forms in

• the Pacific Ocean

• northern Canada

• the Gulf of Mexico

• the desert Southwest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How does a warm front form?

• Warm air becomes caught between cold air masses

• Two air masses meet and stay separated

• Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it

• Cold air moves under warm air and pushes it up

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather would an occluded front likely bring?

• sunny and warm

• much precipitation

• thunderstorm

• cold and dry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do winds behave in a cyclone?

• They spiral toward the center

• They spiral out toward low pressure areas

• They are very calm

• They travel in two different directions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following statements describes an anticyclone?

• It is an area of low pressure

• It is an area of high pressure

• It has air masses that meet and rise

• It moves in the direction of the Earth's rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6