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Weather

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What protects life on earth from harmful UV radiation?

• Ionopshere
• Stratosphere
• Ozone Layer
• Auroras

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the layer closest to the surface is called _____________.

• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

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the layer above the troposphere is called_____________.

• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

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the middle layer of the atmosphere

• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

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the upper most part of the atmosphere

• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

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The upper mesosphere and the lower thermosphere is home to the aurora or shimmering lights and is called _______________.

• Troposphere 
• Stratosphere
• Ozone Layer
• Ionosphere

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The warmest layer of the atmosphere is ____________________.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

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The coldest layer of the atmosphere is _________________.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

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which layers contains the ozone layer?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

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What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

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In the layers of the atmosphere , Air temperature differences result mainly because of 

• Composition of gases
• the way solar energy is absorbed through the atmosphere
• the further you move up, the fewer molecules
• Density decrease with increase in altitude

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Air Temperature decrease with altitude

• True 
• False

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Air Pressure decrease with altitude

• True
• False

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The atmosphere is made up primarily of 

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Water Vapor

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a mixture of gases that surround the earth

• thermosphere
• Troposphere
• Atmosphere
• Ozone Layer

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What is the name this front?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

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What kind of front results in thunderstorms?

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

• stationary front

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Name that symbol.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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What does symbol # 2 mean?

• stationary front
• occluded front
• warm front
• cold front

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What does symbol # 1 mean?

• stationary front
• occluded front
• warm front
• cold front

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What does symbol # 3 mean?

• stationary front
• occluded front
• warm front
• cold front

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A/An ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• front
• air mass
• cloud
• tornado 

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When a warm air mass slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

• warm front
• cold front
• occluded front
• stationary front

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When a fast moving cold air mass moves into a slower moving warm air mass, we may experience severe storms and we will have cooler weather. What type of front is this?

• warm front
• cold front
• occluded front
• stationary front

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The boundary between two air masses is called a/an - 

• flood
• front
• climate
• storm

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Which type of air mass is COLD and DRY?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

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Which type of air mass is COLD and HUMID?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

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Which type of air mass is HOT and HUMID?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

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Which type of air mass is HOT and DRY?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

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What type of air mass is found over EGYPT?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

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What type of air mass is found over PUERTO RICO?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

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What type of air mass is found over CHICAGO?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

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Where do CONTINENTAL air masses form?

• Over water

• Over land

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Where do MARITIME air masses form?

• Over water

• Over land

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___________is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area.

• air pressure
• density
• volume
• none of the above

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Wind blows from ______ pressure areas to _____ pressure areas.

• high; low
• warm; cool
• cool; warm
• low; high

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Uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere causes which of the following?

• Greenhouse Effect
• Local and global winds
• Infrared Radiation
• Global temperature increase

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What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

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What are cold winds that blow from east to west in the polar regions?

• polar easterlies
• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies
• jet streams

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What winds blow from west to east in the temperate zone and move weather patterns across the United States?

• prevailing westerlies
• polar easterlies
• trade winds
• jet streams

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What do you call winds that blow in the same direction all over the Earth?

• global winds
• Coriolis effect
• Greenhouse effect
• sea breezes

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What is the name for cooler air blowing from the sea to land?

• Sea Breeze
• Land Breeze
• Mountain Breeze
• None of the Above

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True or False:
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.

• True
• False

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What is the name for cooler air blowing from the land to the sea?

• Sea Breeze
• Land Breeze
• Mountain Breeze
• None of the Above

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The reason why global winds flow from east to west and west to east, but not north to south, or south to north.

• Bernoulli's principle 
• Coriolis effect 
• high pressure 
• low pressure 

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What causes warm air to rise?

• the fact that it's less dense than cold air 
• The fact that it weighs more than cold air 
• The fact that it has higher pressure than cold
• the fact that its more dense than cold air 

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Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?

• Spirally
• Unevenly
• Circularly
• Kinetically

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What causes wind to blow?

• Differences in longitude 
• Shock waves from clouds 
• Differences in air temperature and pressure 
• The rotation of the earth

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Steam rising from hot soup is an example of...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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Burning your feet on the hot sand is an example of...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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Sunbathing is an example of...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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the transfer of heat through a medium (material) by direct contact of molecules

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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the transfer of heat through a vacuum (empty space)

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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Earth's atmosphere is mostly made up of which 2 gases? CHOOSE 2!!!!!!

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• ozone

• water vapor

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Meteor showers occur in the

• troposhphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• exosphere

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Airplanes fly in the

• troposhphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• exosphere

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What measures temperature?

• barometer
• anemometer
• thermometer
• psychrometer

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What layer does weather occur in?

• mesosphere
• troposphere
• thermosphere
• stratosphere

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What layer does weather occur in?

• mesosphere
• troposphere
• thermosphere
• stratosphere

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In what direction do winds always blow?

• From areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
• From areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure

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Where does a hurricane form?

• Over a cold body of water
• Over a warm body of water
• Over cold land
• Over warm land

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Because the earth is spinning on its axis, the global winds appear to curve. This is known as the __________ ________.

• Coriolis Effect
• Greenhouse Effect
• Climate Effect
• Atmosphere Effect

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Warm air near the Earth’s surface rises and then cools and drops, this creates a _________________ in the atmosphere.

• run-off
• Greenhouse Effect
• convection current
• water cylce

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Humidity is the...

• Amount of Water Vapor in the Air
• Amount of Wind in the Air
• Amount of Precipitation in the Air
• Amount of Pressure in the Air

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This weather tool measures wind speed 

• thermometer
• barometer
• anemometer
• psychrometer

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This severe weather involves lightning, rain, and forms from a cumulonimbus cloud.

• thunderstorm
• tornado
• hurricane
• blizzard

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A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming from a cumulonimbus cloud:

• hurricane
• tornado
• thunderstorm
• blizzard

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A severe storm that involves strong winds and forms over warm water is:

• tornado
• thunderstorm
• hurricane
• blizzard

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What instrument measure air pressure?

• barometer
• thermometer

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What imaginary latitude line divides our world into the northern and southern hemispheres?

• equator

• international date line

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What type of weather conditions are needed for a hurricane to form?

• cold ocean currents, high air pressure

• warm ocean currents, low air pressure

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What kind of weather would you expect in a high pressure system?

• Warm temperatures

• Cool temperatures

• Clear conditions

• Cloudy conditions

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What kind of weather would you expect in a low pressure system?

• Rain

• Clear skies

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What kind of weather would you expect when you have decreased air pressure?

• Warm temperatures

• Cool temperatures

• Clear conditions

• Cloudy conditions