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Meteorologists are able to predict weather within probable ranges because air masses responsible for weather interact in predictable ways. The boundary at which two air masses meet is called a front, which is the main cause of stormy weather. Which statement best elaborates on how air masses would interact to cause severe weather?

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Earth is unequally heated by the Sun due to its tilt, causing patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect regional climates. As shown on the atmospheric circulation map (left), sunlight drives latitudinal banding of the atmosphere, which impacts the Coriolis Effect and prevailing winds. These winds affect temperatures and weather in a number of ways, like when air is pushed up mountains by winds, it expands as pressure decreases, causing temperature to decrease as well. As shown on the ocean current map (right), ocean circulation is restricted by the Coriolis Effect as well as continental borders. Combined, these elements determine regional climates around the world.

Based on this information and the patterns shown on these maps, what reasonable conclusion can be drawn about the rotation and unequal heating of Earth?

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What are the order of events for a tornado to take place?

I. The sun heats up the surface of the land. As the warm, less heavy air begins to rise, it meets the colder, heavier air above it.

II. With more warm air rising, the spinning air encounters more updraft. The winds spin faster, vertically upwards, and gains more momentum.

III. The spinning winds creates a vortex and the wind has enough energy to fuel itself.

IV. The faster moving air begins to spin and roll over the slower wind. As it rolls on, it gathers speed and grows in size.

V. The tornado is moving in the direction of the thunderstorm winds. Touch down occurs.

Consider the steps in tornado formation. Place the steps in correct order. Remember, the conditions needed to start the tornado forming process!

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Ocean currents are caused by water's density differences. The density differences in the ocean water are due to different salt concentrations and differences in

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During the day, the Sun heats the ocean and the ocean stores this energy. During the evening the land cools and the ocean transfers the energy back to the air. As a result you get a cool breeze. if the cool air mass is over land and a warm air mass over water is to the right of land.

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Which continent never has hurricanes/typhoons?

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As you travel up into the mountains, you notice discomfort in your ears. This is due to

Q.

What event is MOST LIKELY to cause a

hurricane?

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Earth seems to be the only planet in

our solar system that can support life. All BUT ONE of these is a reason why

life is found only on Earth. That is

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The Earth's atmosphere is divided into five layers. In the middle layer is where most foreign objects, such as meteors, will burn up as they enter the atmosphere.

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Conduction occurs more easily between solids and liquids. This is because the particles in gases are

Q.

How does the change in ocean

temperatures impact weather and life on land?

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Which explains the seasonal variation in the number of hurricanes that form in the Atlantic?

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The formation of hurricanes, storms, and other weather events require energy. The original energy source for all of these events is which type of energy?

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At the beach, differences in temperatures create wind which transfers heat between the land and the water.

The same process is also seen in the ocean as the gulf stream carries heat from the tropics northward. Heat transfer through any intermediate fluid is known as

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Humidity is to blame for that muggy, steamy

feeling you experience on some hot summer days. What gas in the atmosphere causes humidity?

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Why are coastal areas cooler during the day than inland areas?

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How would global warming change the water cycle and the climate around bodies of water, like oceans and lakes?

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Tropical seas have a high rate of

evaporation because of the direct rays of the sun. Because of this high rate of evaporation, we would expect the water in tropical seas to have __________ than seas in colder climates.

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Scientists say that conditions must be "just right" for a hurricane to start up. Which is the first step of "just right" in the development of a hurricane?

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The Gulf Stream current shown here

makes the waters of the North Atlantic

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The large winds that circle the Earth

occur because the equator

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If Earth's atmosphere did NOT contain

any water vapor, the temperature of the earth's surface would

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The Earth's atmosphere is divided into

five layers. In which layer does all life exist?

Q. What is the process by which natural resources break down rocks?

Q. _____  is the process in which weathered particles are picked up and moved form one place to an other.

Q. What is deposition?

Q. What is moraine?

Q. Plate tectonics helps explain the formation of which of the following?

Q. What is one cause of earthquakes? 

Q. What geological feature on Earth is the Ring of Fire? 

Q. When those materials stop moving and build up somewhere else.

Q. A hill of sand, made and shaped by wind.

Q. An area of new land at the mouth of a river.

Q. A shaking of Earth’s surface, caused by movement of rock in the crust.

Q. A scientist who studies earthquakes.

Q. An example of chemical weathering is

Q. Weathering can be created by

Q. The name for the structures that prevents sediment and sand from being swept down the coast and are built at 90 degree angles from the beach are

Q. Beach nourishment is

Q. Which of the following can be both constructive and destructive

Q. Which of the following is caused by deposition

Q. A type of farming that is used on a hillside might be