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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why do winds change during the day and night near a beach?The warm air over land sinks and stays thereThe warm air over water sinks and stays thereThe temperature over air and the land changeCool air links over the land and stays there - 2. Multiple ChoiceHow does air move?Warm air rises and cool air sinksWarm air sinks and cool air rises
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of weather would you expect in a low pressure system?Warm tempsCool tempsClear conditionsCloudy conditions
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of weather would you expect in a low pressure system?RainClear SkiesSunny
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of weather would you expect in a high pressure system?Warm tempsCool tempsClear conditionsCloudy conditions
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of weather would you expect in a high pressure system?RainClear skies
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow do air masses move across the US?The trade winds move the air masses from west to eastThe jet stream moves air masses from west to eastThe trade winds move the air masses from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific OceanThe Gulf Stream air moves around the Gulf of Mexico
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow does wind move?From area of high pressure to low pressureFrom areas of low pressure to high pressure
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy do we have winds on Earth?Because of the trade windsBecause of Earth's orbit around the SunBecause earth receives the sun's rays unevenly
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich has the greatest effect on wind speed?Wind directionAir pressurePrecipitationLocation
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of season would you experience in the Northern Hemisphere in December?wintersummerfallspring
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of season would you experience in the southern hemisphere in December?winterspringsummerfall
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich characteristic best describes the jet stream?Rotates air in a high pressure systemIt separates air from the equatorIt forms a boundary between cold and warm air massesIt is the air around a tornado funnel
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the below describes El Nino's impact on the earth?Strong windscold, icy conditionsDroughts, flooding, warmer ocean temps
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHow is North Carolina affected when the jet stream is above the state?NC will have warmer weatherNC will have colder weatherNC will have tropical weatherNC will have mild weather
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow is NC affected when the jet stream is below the state?NC will have warmer weatherNC will have colder weatherNC will have tropical weatherNC will have mild weather
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich process changes water from a liquid to a gas?precipitationcoolingevaporationcondensation
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the cause of rising surface temps of the Pacific Ocean, drought in the Western US, and flooding on the Pacific coast of South America?the Gulf Streamthe jet streamLa NinaEl Nino
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is an example of condensation in the water cycle?clouds forming in the atmospheredrops of water falling through the airpuddles disappearing on a hot daystreams flowing into rivers
- 20. Multiple ChoiceAbove a continent, a warm air mass slowly passes over a cold air mass. As the warm air begins to cool, clouds form. What will most likely happen next?Rain wil fallHurricanes will formLightning will strikeHail will form
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThis is the day to day change in temperature, precipitation, wind and air pressureclimateweatheratmospherewind
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThis is the long term patterns over a period of time in an areaweatherclimateatmospherewind
- 23. Multiple Choicewater that falls to the earthevaporationprecipitationtranspirationcondensation
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhere 2 air masses meet is called ______?maritimelow pressurefronthigh pressure
- 25. Multiple ChoiceUsed to measure humiditythermometerbarometerhygrometeranemometer
- 26. Multiple Choiceused to measure wind speedanemometerwind vanebarometerhygrometer
- 27. Multiple Choiceused to measure the direction of windanemometerwind vanebarometerthermometer
- 28. Multiple Choiceused to measure air pressurehygrometeranemometerwind vanebarometer
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThis is an example of what type of front on a weather map?StationaryOccludedColdWarm
- 30. Multiple ChoiceOn a weather map this symbol means what?StationaryOccludedWarmCold
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