Introduction to Weather Patterns

When liquid water becomes _________ it can evaporate and become water vapor in the air.

• Warmer

• Cooler

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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True or False: All air contains water

• true

• false

When water vapor in an air parcel cools, it can _________ into liquid water which can form a cloud and fall as rain.

• evaporate

• condense

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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As an an air parcel loses energy and cools

• there will be a decrease in rainfall

• there is an increase in rainfall

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The troposphere is ____________ at the surface and___________ at its highest point.

• warm; stays the same

• coldest; warmest

• warmest; coldest

An air parcel will rise ....

• When the temperature is the same as the surrounding air

• When it is colder than the surrounding air

• When it is warmer than the surrounding air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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True or False: As an air parcel rises, energy transfers from warm air to cold surrounding air until their temperatures become equal.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When an air parcel starts with a _______ temperature, it will rise higher and lose more energy, causing more rainfall.

• lower

• higher

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Systems go through periods of _______ and periods of ________.

• humidity; condensation

• change; evaporation

• Stability; change

• condensation; stability

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure is __________

• wind

• energy

• change

• stability

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5