Weather Trivia

Which front is represented on a map by a line with triangles attached to it? 

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

What is the most likely forecast of any area experiencing high barometric pressure?

• Stormy

• Windy

• Rainy

• Sunny

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which front is represented on a map as a line with half circles attached to it?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

Warm air mass that does not carry water:

• continental tropical

• continental polar

• maritime tropical

• maritime polar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_____ always form over warm ocean water.

• Hurricanes

• Tornadoes

• Blizzards

• Thunderstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This person studies the Earth's atmosphere and monitors and forecasts the weather

• Seismologist

• Meteorologist

• Volcanologist

• Geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hurricanes form near areas close to the equator. Why? 

• Solar heating is greatest near the equator.

• The Moon's plane of orbit is close to the equator.

• Earth's volcanic activity is clustered around the equator.

• the rate of rotation of Earth's surface is less at the equator.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

which tool measures wind speed?

• wind vane

• wind sock

• anemometer

Most of the damage done by a hurricane is the result of _____

• water

• wind

• tornadoes

• lightning

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This is the large electrical discharge during a thunderstorm, caused by static electricity.

• thunder

• lightning

• storm surge

• The Flash

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5