Weather and Climate

What are deserts?

• An area with high annual rainfall, no freezing temperatures, and a rich collection of plant and animal life

• The distance in degrees north or south of the equator.

• Areas of low rainfall on the downwind slopes of mountains

• Dry lands where vegetation is sparse, commonly covering less than 15 percent of the ground

What is a hurricane?

• a huge, slow spinning tropical storm that forms over water and has very high winds

• the shaking of the earth

• movement of weathered rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Name the front

• Cold front

• Warm front

• Stationary front

• Occuluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Name the front

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Rain, sleet, and snow are all examples of:

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Tropospheric Alterations

• Magic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of clouds do you see when there is severe weather coming?

• cumulus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What happens if a hurricane moves over land or cold ocean water?

• it will get stronger

• it will get weaker

• it will upgrade its category

• it will morph into a typhoon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of cloud does thunderstorms and tornadoes form in?

• cumulus 

• cumulonimbus 

• stratus 

• nimbus 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What layer of the earth does weather occur in?

• troposphere

• athenospher

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of air mass is 1.

• cP

• mP

• cT

• cA

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6