Openscied Weather

What is precipitation?

• The conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid.

• The conversion of a liquid to a vapor or gas.

• Any water falling to the ground: including rain, ice, hail.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Hail comes in different sizes.

• True

• False

When the hail cloud formed, the air moved up and down

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Thunderstorms are taller than many other cloud types.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is humidity?

• the amount of oxygen in the air

• the amount of nitrogen in the air

• the amount of water vapor in the air

• the amount of heat in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Clouds are made of ice crystals or water droplets.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Why is our precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail) just mostly made of water?

• Water is the only thing in our air.

• It's too warm in our atmosphere for the other gases to change into other forms.

• It's too cold in our atmosphere for other gases to change into other forms.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

To create a large storm you need

• low humidity, warm low level (ground) temperature, cold high level temperature

• low humidity, warm low level (ground) temperature, warm high level temperature

• high humidity, warm low level (ground) temperature, cold high level temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes the air to heat up?

• Air absorbs light from the sun and heats up.

• The ground absorbs light, heats up, and warms the air above.

• Air reflects light from the sun and heats up.

• The ground reflects light, heats up and warms the air above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

• Humidity

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5