Weather/Climate Quiz Review

What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere

• Stratosphere

Which of the following is the correct order of our atmospheric layers?

• Troposphere, stratosphere, exosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

• Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

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  Stratosphere, troposphere, exosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

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  Stratosphere, troposphere, exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere

What is the weather of a certain area over a long period of time?

• Climate zone

• Element

• Climate

• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the condition of outside air at a certain time and place?

• Climate

• Element

• Climate zone

• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

which of the following is not an element of weather?

• Temperature

• Humidity

• Pressure

• Soil Temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How is wind formed?

• pressure system- hot air rises and cold air sinks

• Through cold air rising

• Through plate tectonics

• Through the water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of front produces gentle rain showers?

• Warm front

• Occluded front

• Cold front

• Stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a weather front?

• Weather fronts are when warm air makes rain

  
  

• a weather system that is the boundary separating two different types of air

• a weather system that determines climate

• a weather system that determines weather features

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Weather is different than climate because...

• Weather is over a long period of time, Climate is not

• Weather is over a short period of time, Climate is not

• Weather has less elements

• Weather is only in certain places

What is air pressure?

• air that moves horizontally, or parallel, to the ground

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  the force of the air molecules pushing down on an area

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  the measure of the transparency of the atmosphere

• a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that are suspended in the air