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OpenSciEd 6.3 Review

Quiz by Joanna Walker

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  • Q1

    Climate

    The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

    A thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

    The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

    a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

    30s
  • Q2

    Temperature

    A state of matter with no definite shape or volume

    a usually brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightning, and thunder

    A measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance (which tells you how hot or cold something is)

    Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.

    30s
  • Q3

    convection current

    a usually brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightning, and thunder

    The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

    a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid

    pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.

    30s
  • Q4

    Hail

    a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

    Phase change of a substance from a liquid to a solid

    A state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape.

    pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.

    30s
  • Q5

    Humidity

    The change of state from a gas to a liquid

    a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

    A measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance (which tells you how hot or cold something is)

    The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

    30s
  • Q6

    Why does cold air sink?

    It gets more dense (the particles get closer together)

    It gets less dense (the particles spread apart)

    Cold air does not sink

    30s
  • Q7

    What happens on the ground the affects air particles?

    Sun's energy never hits the Earth. 

    Sun's energy hits the Earth, which warms up the air around the ground. This makes water on the ground evaporate.

    Air particles start dancing because they heard a new song that they like.

    Air particles evaporate but scientists do not know why.

    30s
  • Q8

    Why does warm air rise?

    Warm air rises because it is less dense than cold air

    Warm air rises because it is friends with the clouds

    Warm air rises because it is helium

    Warm air rises because it is always inside a balloon

    30s
  • Q9

    What happens to air and water vapor high in the atmosphere?

    it makes an instagram story

    it warms up

    it changes color

    it cools down

    30s
  • Q10

    Besides water vapor, what do clouds need in the atmosphere in order to form?

    Clouds need very warm weather in the atmosphere in order to form 

    Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN), aka Cloud Seeds

    Clouds don't need anything else to form

    30s

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