Weekly Review #10

When water vapor condenses, how much heat energy will be released into the atmosphere?

• 2260 joules/gram

• 334 joules/gram

• 4.18 joules/gram

• 2.11 joules/gram

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Liquid water sometimes turns into ice when it comes in contact with Earth’s surface. Which present weather symbol on a station model represents this type of precipitation?

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Which information shown on the station model is most closely associated with measurements from an anemometer?

• 25

• 998

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The arrows on the map below show the prevailing winds at a midlatitude coastal city. This city most likely has a climate that is

• arid, with a small difference between the highest and lowest yearly temperatures

• arid, with a large difference between the highest and lowest yearly temperatures

• humid, with a small difference between the highest and lowest yearly temperatures

• humid, with a large difference between the highest and lowest yearly temperatures

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An air mass entering Alaska from the northern Pacific Ocean would most likely be labeled on a weather map as

• cP

• cT

• mP

• mT

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Most tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere are best described as violently rotating columns of air surrounded by

• clockwise surface winds moving toward the columns

• clockwise surface winds moving away from the columns

• counterclockwise surface winds moving toward the columns

• counterclockwise surface winds moving away from the columns

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A P-wave takes 5 minutes to travel from the epicenter of an earthquake to a seismic station. Approximately how many minutes will it take an S-wave to travel that same distance?

• 15 min

• 12 min

• 9 min

• 4 min

During a rainstorm, when soil becomes saturated, the amount of infiltration

• decreases and runoff decreases

• decreases and runoff increases

• increases and runoff decreases

• increases and runoff increases

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Sediment is deposited as a river enters a lake because the

• velocity of the river decreases

• force of gravity decreases

• volume of water increases

• slope of the river increases

Which sequence of events affecting moist air within Earth’s atmosphere causes cloud formation?

• rising

  expanding cooling condensation

• rising

  contracting warming

  evaporation

• sinking

  expanding

  warming

  condensation

• sinking

  contracting

  cooling

  evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4