6th grade trivia

What is a warm front

• a front where a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses and brings cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow

• front when cold air moves under warm air which is less dense and pushes air up (produces thunderstorms heavy rain or snow)

• a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather

• a boundary that separates a moist air mass from a dry air mass

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True or False:

an air mass is A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height

• True

• False

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What is a cold front?

• front when cold air moves under warm air which is less dense and pushes air up (produces thunderstorms heavy rain or snow)

• The temperature at which condensation begins

• very cold, very dry stable air mass

• A boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days

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Which process gives off carbon dioxide?

• a. Transpiration

• b. Photosynthesis

• c. Respiration

• d. Development

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An animal cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms. What term best describes this animal?

• a. Heterotroph

• b. Autotroph

• c. Producer

• d. None of these

Which state o matter has the highest density?

• a. Solid

• b. Solvent

• d. Liquid

• d. Gas

A soccer player kicked a ball, which then rolled across the ground. What type of energy transfer took place when he kicked the ball?

• a. Electrical

• b. Thermal

• c. Electromagnetic

• d. Mechanical

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Which is true about the second tropic level in a food chain or web?

• a. It has the most available energy and includes all consumers

• b. It has the most available energy and includes all producers

• c. It includes primary consumers(heterotrophs), which are known as herbivores

• d. It includes primary consumers (autotrophs), which are known as herbivores

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Which best describes a mechanical transfer of energy?

• a. Moving objects pushing or pulling on another

• b. Transfer of warmer energy to cooler energy

• c. Transfer of electric charges through conductors

• d. Waves transferring energy

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What weather instrument measures air pressure?

• barometer
• thermometer
• rain gauge
• wind vane

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