The Fast & The Curious 8.10C

What is the definition of an air mass?

• A volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content

• The weather conditions prevailing in an area over multiple decades

• Patterns of weather that take place in the troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What term describes the weather conditions prevailing in an area over multiple decades?

• Air mass

• Climate

• Ocean current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, east of the dateline, or the North Atlantic Ocean?

• Typhoon

• Tropical cyclone

• Hurricane

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are horizontal and vertical streams of circulation in ocean waters produced by gravity, wind friction, temperature differences, and water density variation called?

• Air mass

• Ocean current

• Weather system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans and is characterized by low atmospheric pressure, high winds, and heavy rain called?

• Air Mass

• Climate

• Tropical cyclone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a mature tropical cyclone that develops over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean called?

• Hurricane

• Ocean Current

• Typhoon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What term describes patterns of weather that take place in the troposphere, caused by the motion of warm and cool air around Earth?

• Air mass

• Climate

• Weather system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5