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Nasha left a hot bowl of soup in a cool room. Her friend tells her that her soup will get cold if she forgets to eat it. How cold could it get?

• Only a little colder. It started out much hotter, so it will stop cooling down before it reaches the same temperature as the room.

• Only a little colder. It will stop cooling down when its temperature is about halfway between its starting temperature and the temperature of the room.

• Only as cold as the temperature of the room. It will stop cooling down when it is exactly the same temperature as the room.

• Colder than the temperature of the room. It will keep cooling down for as long as she leaves it in the room.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The air temperature of Ostley is higher than the air temperature of Eastbrook. What is the main cause for the different air temperatures?

• More energy from the sun is transferred to the ground in Ostley than in Eastbrook, and that energy is transferred to the air above it.

• More energy from the sun is transferred to the air in Ostley than in Eastbrook, and that energy is transferred from the air to the ground below it.

• The heat from the center of Earth transferred more energy to the ground in Ostley than in Eastbrook, and that energy transferred to the air above it.

• There was less wind in Ostley and more wind in Eastbrook. Wind moved more energy out of the air in Eastbrook than in Ostley.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sonya put a glass of water on the table and left the room. When she came back, she found water drops on the outside of the glass. Where did the water on the outside of the glass come from?

• The air in the room. Water vapor in the air turned into liquid water.

• The air in the room. Oxygen in the air turned into liquid water.

• Water inside the glass. The water leaked through the glass.

• Water inside the glass. The water moved along the surface of the glass.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Air Parcel 1 is at the same temperature as the surrounding air. Air Parcel 2 is warmer than the surrounding air. Air Parcel 1 and Air Parcel 2 started with the same amount of water vapor in them. Which air parcel will have more rainfall and why?

• Air parcel 1 is colder than Air Parcel 2, so more water vapor will fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 2 will lose energy to the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain

• Air Parcel 2 will gain energy from the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain

• Both air parcels will have the same amount of rain. They have the same surrounding air temperature, so the same amount of water vapor will fall as rain.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The town of Greenville had two rainstorms in March. Storm 2 had more rainfall than Storm 1. The temperature of the surrounding area was the same before both storms. What could explain why Storm 2 had more rainfall than Storm 1?

Before Storm 2, the air parcel at the surface could have been:

• warmer, so when cooler air from above moved down, it lost more energy.

• cooler, so when the air parcel moved higher, it gained more energy.

• warmer, so when the air parcel moved higher, it lost more energy.

• cooler, so the air parcel had low energy and remained near the surface.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which process occurs when liquid water changes to gas and enters the atmosphere?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The troposphere is coldest where?

• Higher up.

• Closer to the surface of the Earth.

Energy is transferred from a _____ air parcel to the _____ surrounding air.

• cold, cold

• cold, warm

• warm, warm

• warm, cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When does energy stop transferring out of an air parcel?

• When the air parcel temperature is warmer than the surrounding air.

• When the air parcel temperature is even colder than the surrounding air.

• When the air parcel temperature is the same as the surrounding air.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

After time passes, what do you think the temperature in this air parcel will become?

• Hotter than 37°C

• Exactly 37°C

• Somewhere between 20°C and 37°C, but closer to 20°C

• Colder than 20°C

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6