Weather patterns Test Review

What type of clouds produce thunderstorms?

• Nimbostratus

• cumulonimbus

• altostratus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Energy always transfers from___air to ____air

• warmer, colder

• colder, warmer

• colder, colder

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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The device used to measure air pressure is called a ___

• thermometer

• altimeter

• barometer

The curving of winds is called the ___ effect

• Coriolis

• Trade

• Doldrums

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A large volume of air in which temperature and moisture content are nearly the same throughout

• air mass

• poles

• front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A boundary called a _____, forms between air masses

• rear

• mass

• front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air moves from______ pressure to _____ pressure

• high to low

• low to high

• high to medium

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In a ______ pressure system, air rises and so has a lower air pressure bringing bad weather

• low

• high

• stationary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In a _________pressure system, air sinks slowly down bringing nice weather

• low

• stationary

• high

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Planes fly in the ______

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

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