Amplify Science Weather and Climate

Liquid water droplets suspended in the air is called a/an...

• air parcel

• cloud

• condensation

• stability

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water in the form of a gas is called...

• energy

• cloud

• air parcel

• water vapor

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What causes rain to fall from an air parcel?

• the air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air, so it loses energy

• the air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air, so it gained energy

• the air parcel is the same low temperature as the surrounding air, so it had low energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Process of a liquid (water) changing to a gas (water vapor)

• energy

• evaporation

• stability

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The surrounding air in the troposphere gets colder the higher you go up.

• True

• False

An air parcel stops rising once it

• loses all of its energy

• becomes the same amount of energy/temperature as the surrounding air

• gains double the amount of its initial energy/temperature

• lose all water vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

(T/F) A transfer of energy happened each time to create water vapor, clouds, and precipitation.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which storm is likely to have had more rainfall?

• Storm 1. The air parcel at the surface was warmer and had more energy, so when it moved higher, it lost more energy.

• Storm 1. The air parcel at the surface was warmer and had more energy, so when cooler air from above came down, it lost more energy.

• Storm 2. The air parcel at the surface was cooler and had less energy, so when it moved higher, it gained more energy.

• Storm 2. The air parcel at the surface was cooler and had less energy, so with low energy it remained near the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If an air parcel is warmer than its surrounding air, then it will rise.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The temperature of the areas surrounding Kochi before each storm was about 10°C and there was the same amount of water vapor in the air. Given this information, which storm do you predict will have the most rainfall, and why?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4