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- 1. Multiple Choice
Wind is caused by...............
The uneven heating of the Earth causing warm air to rise, cool, and fall back to the Earth.
low temperatures in the ionosphere
climatic change
air masses
- 2. Multiple Choice
High feathery clouds are...
stratus
cumulus
cirrus
cumulonimbus
- 3. Multiple Choice
Stratus clouds that touch the ground are commonly called
convection
cumulonimbus
cumulus
fog.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Clouds form when
dew forms in the summer.
water vapor condenses in the sky around tiny particles.
the sun is not out.
in the exosphere.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Stratus clouds...
are usually tiny ice crystals.
are layered or "sheet" clouds in the sky.
are fluffy and puffy clouds.
thin wispy clouds.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Cumulus clouds are usually
puffy white clouds.
usually frozen.
touch the ground.
are found only in winter.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The major difference between weather and climate is..
weather helps us communicate more on a daily schedule
climate will not change over time.
weather is the day to day change in our atmosphere.
weather takes into account precipitation and climate doesn't.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Precipitation that leaves a cloud as a liquid and hits the Earth as a liquid is called...
hail.
sleet.
snow.
rain.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Precipitation that starts as a solid, melts on the way down, freezes quickly again before hitting the ground is...
sleet.
hail.
rain.
dew.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Precipitation that leaves as a liquid, falls and gets blown up, falls, gets blown back up, fall, blown back up..... until it is too big and falls to the Earth as a solid is....
snow
freezing rain
hail.
sleet
- 11. Multiple Choice
Precipitation that leaves the cloud as a solid and gently falls as a solid is...
snow.
sleet
rain
hail
- 12. Multiple Choice
An air mass that forms over land near the poles is
maritime polar.
continental polar.
maritime tropical.
continental tropical.
- 13. Multiple Choice
An air mass that forms over water toward the equator is
maritime polar
continental polar
maritime tropical
continental tropical
- 14. Multiple Choice
An air mass that from over water towards the poles is
maritime polar
continental polar
maritime tropical
continental tropical
- 15. Multiple Choice
An air mass that form over land towards the equator is
maritime polar
continental polar
continental tropical
maritime tropical
- 16. Multiple Choice
________ fronts usually are associated with more violent storms.
Warm
Occluded
Cold
Stationary
- 17. Multiple Choice
The place where two air masses meet is called a/an
cumulonimbus
convection current
back
front
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which type of air mass has the potential for holding the largest amount of precipitation?
Continental Tropical
Continental Polar
Maritime polar
Maritime Tropical
- 19. Multiple Choice
Two major factor that affect climate are........................
where the Earth is in its orbit around the sun
daily change in temperature
latitude and distance from large bodies of water
convection
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