Weather Test

What kind of weather should people in Seattle expect to see today?

• clear skies and nice weather

• severe thunderstorms and dropping temperatures

• warmer temperatures and light rain

• Cloudy skies and rainstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather should people in El Paso expect to see today?

• stong thunderstorms followed by warmer temperatures

• rainstorms followed by cooler temperatures

• light drizzle and rising temperatures

• temperatures remain the same, no change in the weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

______ is a measure how much kinetic energy is in the molecules in the air.

• Temperature

• Dew Point

• Humidity

• Air Pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Air with a relative humidity of 100 percent is said to be __________________. 

• Saturated
• Unsaturated 
•  Hot 
• Muggy 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What will happen if the relative humidity is 100%, and the temperature begins falling?

• The air will be sticky and uncomfortable
• Dew will form
• The temperature will rise
• The atmospheric pressure will fall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Winds are caused by differences in 

• precipitation
• humidity
• air pressure
• turbulance

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the name of the air mass to the temperature associated with that air mass

• cold and dry

• continental tropical

• very cold and dry

• continental polar

• cold and moist

• martime polar

• cold and warm

• maritime tropical

• warm and dry

• continental arctic

High pressure systems tend to bring

• lots of cumulus clouds

• cumulonibus clouds

• clear skies

• rising temperatures

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of these is considered to be a lithometeor?

• dust

• snow

• rainbow

• thunder

• hail

The word meteorology is based on the Greek word meteoros, which means ______.

• weather

• found in space

• located in the sky

• storms