Weather Atmosphere

Which system results in drier, fairer weather?

• high pressure

• low pressure

• hurricane

• weather system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does symbol # 3 mean?

• stationary front

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink

• cold

• warm

• moist

• dry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What symbol is this?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is associated with purple humps and triangles facing the same direction?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

How are fronts formed?

• When two air masses meet

• when two winds meet

• when two clouds meet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of front is shown?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When is this type of wind pattern (a sea breeze) most likely to occur?

• during the day

• during the night

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Sea and land breezes are caused because ___________________.

• The land heats and cools more slowly than water

• The land heats and cools more quickly than water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When cool, dense air from over the water to the land, it’s called a _______________.

• Sea breeze

• Land breeze

• Jet stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6