Science Sol

What is it when a cold air mass and warm air mass move towards each other. The warm air gets lifted over the top of the cold air and forms clouds. This often results in heavy rain or snowstorms.

• Occluded front

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What atmospheric layer contains high temperatures due to the absorption of the sun's rays?

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere; contains almost no air molecules.

• Stratosphere

• troposphere

• exosphere

• thermosphere

_____ is the land area that supplies water to a river system.

• Divide

• Watershed

• Alluvial Fan

• Flood Plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_____ is a long ridge formed by deposits of sediments alongside a river channel.

• Levee

• Runoff

• Flood Plain

• Reservoir

is a ridge of land that separates the drainage basin or watershed from another.

• Watershed

• Alluvial Fan

• Wetland

• Divide

____ is a natural or artificial lake that stores water for human use.

• Delta

• Watershed

• Resrvoir

• Levee

____ is an area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.

• Flood Plain

• Wetland

• Reservoir

• Marsh

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

____ is a stream that flows into a large stream.

• Divide

• Tributary

• Flood Plain

• Alluvial Fan

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_____ is the land area from which a river and its tributaries collect their water.

• Drainage Basin

• Runoff

• Tributary

• Resevoir

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4