Review for quiz on observ/density/air masses/lat and long

What is an observation?

• Something we guess or predict based on our observations

• Something we can use our senses on (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)

• A measure of mass over volume

• The amount of matter in an object

What is an inference?

• Something we guess or predict based on our observations

• Something we can use our senses on

• The amount of space an object occupies

• How much water vapor is in the air

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Density is a measure of ________.

• mass over volume

• volume over mass

• weight over height

• area over length

Mass is the amount of ______ in an object.

• matter

• energy

• space

• light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Volume is the amount of ______ an object takes up or occupies.

• space

• weight

• color

• length

Relative humidity is how much ______ is in the air compared to how much could be in the air.

• water vapor

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• dust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Dew point is the temperature at which the water vapor in the air ________.

• condenses

• evaporates

• freezes

• sublimates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What instrument is used to calculate relative humidity and dew point?

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Psychrometer

• Anemometer

When dew point and actual air temperature are close, it is

• humid

• dry

• impossible to tell

What does RICE stand for?

• Rising air Cools and Expands

• Rain Increases Cloud Expansion

• Relative Increase in Cloud Elevation

• Rising Ice Condenses Easily

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6