Amplify Science Weather and Climate

Liquid water droplets suspended in the air

• air parcel

• cloud

• condensation

• stability

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Water in the form of a gas

• energy

• cloud

• air parcel

• water vapor

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

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-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

More surface water (larger body of water) =

• less water vapor and smaller storm

• less water vapor and larger storm

• more water vapor and smaller storm

• more water vapor and larger storm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How does energy from the Sun warm the air? (there could be more than one answer)

• Energy from the the sun transfers directly to the air and by the time it hits Earth's surface, it is warmed up.

• the sun doesn’t heat the air much directly because the radiation is all visible light, which isn’t easily absorbed by gases in the atmosphere.

• The sun heats the planet, because about 70% of it absorbs visible light instead of reflecting it.

• The air is heated by the planet, because some gases in the atmosphere are easily heated by the infrared radiation emitted by the planet.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which word matches the following definition:

general weather patterns over a long period of time

• weather

• climate

• climatology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Does a location further from the earth's equator receive more or less energy from the Sun?

• more

• less

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6