NWEA Science

Which weather tool measures air pressure?

• Hygrometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Thermometer

Which weather tool measures Wind Speed?

• Wind Sock

• Weather Vane

• Barometer

• Anemometer

The boundary where two or more air masses meet is called...

• Anticyclone

• Air Mass

• Front

• Tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture content throughout...

• Air Mass

• Cyclone

• Front

• Anticyclone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Relative Humidity is

• exactly how much water vapor there is in the air.

• What percent full the air is of water vapor.

How does a warm front form?

• Cold air moves under warm air and pushes it up.

• Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it.

• Warm air becomes caught between cold air masses

• Two air masses meet and stay separated.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the relationship between climate and weather?

• They are the same thing

• Weather is the long-term average of climate.

• Climate is the long-term average of weather.

• They are unrelated

A Rain shadow effect leaves that side of the mountain...

• green with lush vegetation

• filled with many different plants and animals

• freezing cold

• very dry

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Trade Winds and Westerlies are examples of

• Local Winds

• Surface Currents

• Deep Currents

• Global Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a true distinction between a mountain breeze and a valley breeze?

• Valley breezes are daytime winds that blow up the mountain slopes

• Valley breezes are nighttime winds that blow downward into the valley

• Mountain breezes are daytime winds that blow downward into the valley

• Mountain breezes are nighttime winds that blow up the mountain slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6