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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWeather refers to...changes in the atmosphere that occur over long periods of time.water cycles in the atmosphereatmospheric conditions at a specific time and place.predictable patterns in the water cycle.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceClimate is...subtropicalthe average weather over a long period of time in a region.the water cycle over a long period of timethe circulation of energy in the atmosphere
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHow does the water cycle influence weather?it controls the distribution of water on Earth and in the atmosphereit ensures we have water to drinkit causes runoff and lakes to increase in sizeit is not important at all
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat increases the speed of evaporation and the amount of water vapor in the air?additional water in the water cycleadditional humidity in the airthe sunthe amount of moisture in the air
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhen the humidity is high, the chance for precipitation and thunderstorms...increasesdecreasesstays the sameis not affected at all
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a factor that helps us classify a climate?animal agespollution levelshuman population levelsprecipitation levels
- 7. Multiple ChoiceTrue or false: weather changes daily and perhaps hourly.truefalse
- 8. Multiple ChoiceChanges in ______ happen as different air masses move in and out of a region.precipitationgulf streamsjet streamsweather
- 9. Multiple Choice________ are large bodies of air with the same temperature, moisture, and pressure.frontsair massescloudshot air balloons
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe movement of one air mass affects another air mass. When one air mass meets another it forms aair massstormfrontclimate
- 11. Multiple ChoiceA cold front is thethe leading edge of warmer air that is replacing cooler air.the leading edge of colder air that is replacing warmer air.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA cold front generally moves fromnorthwest to southeastwest to easteast to westsoutheast to northwest
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhen a cold front passes through temperatures willincreasedecreaseremain the samespike temporarily
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWarm fronts causedecreases in temperatures and humidityincrease in temperature and decreases in humiditywarmer temperatures and more humiditydecrease in temperature and increase in humidity
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This representsthe gulf streamjet streamsa cold fronta warm front - 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is density?the amount of moisture in the air.the amount of matter in an object and how heavy something is.a cold front.the amount of moisture in the air and the direction it is moving.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceCold airis less dense than warm airis more dense than warm airrisesexpands
- 18. Multiple ChoiceOn clear days the temperature is usuallycoolerwarmermore humidless humid
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe weight of the air above Earth's surface.windhumidityradiationair pressure
- 20. Multiple Choiceoccurs when the air pressure is greater than surrounding areas. It usually means clear and dry weather. It also causes cooler temperatures.low pressurehigh pressurewinddensity
- 21. Multiple Choiceusually means wet weather and warmer temperatureshigh pressurelow pressurewind directionwind speed
- 22. Multiple ChoiceA forecast isthe definition of a climatethe definition of weathera typer of weathera prediction of future weather
- 23. Multiple Choiceair that is in motion causeswindhigh pressureair pressurelow pressure
- 24. Multiple ChoiceIf two air masses that are next to eachother have large differences in pressure they createfrictionradiationstrong windsslow dragging winds
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe sun heats the Earth's surfaceevenlyunevenly
- 26. Multiple Choice____ are water droplets or ice crystals in the air.humiditycloudsevaporationrunoff
- 27. Multiple ChoiceClouds commonly form at ______ and around areas of low pressure.inside air massesalong frontsafter the water cycleafter precipitation
- 28. Multiple ChoiceClear nights are generally ____ than nights where there is cloud cover.humiddrywarmercooler
- 29. Multiple Choice____ ___ likely where two different air masses meet at a frontal boundary.Trends areWeather isPrecipitation isThe Water Cycle is
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a trend?condensationclimate recordsdata patternsdifferences in data collection
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