Test - Water, Weather & Climate

After a rainstorm, where would the water most likely evaporate fastest from?

• Sidewalk

• green grassy area

• open dirt field

• All puddles would take the same amount of time if ground coverings are in the same area.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What helps plants & animals survive in different environments?

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Around what time did it most likely hail?

• 10 am

• 12 noon

• 5:00 pm

• 7 am

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What happens to make it hail?

• There's a huge updraft of wind that takes rain high up in the clouds where it's below 32⁰F, freezes falls and repeats until it's too heavy to remain in the air.

• There must be snow on the ground for at least a few days before it precipitates again. Rain will fall out of the clouds and immediately freeze into hail when it hits the snow.

• The air temps near the ground must be at or below freezing point before hailing.

• Hail always starts out as wet icy snow, they hit each other as they are falling fast towards the ground and combine into hailstones.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Why are areas far away from the equator typically colder?

• They don't receive much direct sunlight.

• They are always higher elevations.

• Lower air pressure to keep in the heat.

• Very few cities with concrete and black asphalt streets to hold in the heat.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

It's a cold winter day in Mesa, AZ. Richard is feeling dizzy and wants to lay down for a few minutes. Where would it most likely be the warmest?

• A spot in the concrete where it's shady.

• The grass field.

• On the concrete in the sun.

• On the plastic slide underneath the blue awning.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Why are ground coverings in the same area not the exact same temperatures as each other?

• 100% depends on the color of the covering.

• Some materials absorb more light & heat energy.

• Natural coverings will ALWAYS be lower than man-made coverings.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Kim recorded 2 sets of data, one set shows every year on her birthday and the other set on the 1st day of every month for a year.

Which line of data is probably gathered on the 1st of every month?
(Jan. 1, Feb. 1, March 1.........)

• Red

• Blue

• Who knows, there's no label.

What would you expect the data to show if you collected the high temp on February 25th of every year in the exact same city?

• The temps would go up or down depending upon which season it is.

• There's no way to tell what the data might show.

• It should be around the same temp.

• It should get about 2 degrees hotter each year on Feb. 25th.

What's the biggest reason higher elevations have a cooler temp?

• Mountains are closer to the moon, so they cool down at night.

• There's less air pressure to hold heat together.

• There's more air pressure so cold air stays together.

• The trees in the area create lots of wind, making it stay cool.