8th (ch.19) Weather and Air Masses Quiz

What starts the process of precipitation according to the image?

• The rotation of the Earth

• Different air masses being pushed around by global winds

• The temperature of the ocean

• The phases of the moon

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Which type of air mass is described as "Wet, humid" in the image?

• High pressured air mass

• Cold air mass

• Warm, Dry air mass

• Low pressured air mass

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What happens when different air masses move around, as stated in the image?

• They dissolve into the atmosphere

• They form a single uniform air mass

• They eventually bump into one another

• They cause a thunderstorm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the term used to describe the place where two or more different air masses meet and bump into each other?

• Collision

• Convergence

• Front

• Junction

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What usually occurs at a front where warm and cold air masses meet?

• Clear skies

• A storm, usually with precipitation

• A heatwave

• Calm weather

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On what main thing does the type of precipitation that falls from the clouds to the surface of the Earth depend?

• Wind speed

• Atmospheric pressure

• Temperature

• Humidity

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What occurs when precipitation falls from the clouds as liquid water?

• Snow

• Rain

• Hail

• Sleet

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During a rainstorm, what is the temperature condition in the clouds and at ground level?

• Cold in the clouds and warm at ground level

• Warm in the clouds and cold at ground level

• Warm both in the clouds and at ground level

• Cold both in the clouds and at ground level

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What causes snow to occur according to the text?

• Warm, moist air rising

• Precipitation falling from the clouds as cold, flaky solids

• The sun melting ice crystals in the clouds

• Rain that does not freeze in the clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What happens to precipitation in a snow storm?

• It turns into liquid water

• It is absorbed by the clouds

• It freezes into ice crystals in the clouds

• It falls as raindrops

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