Climate 2018

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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Which type of air would you find at air mass B?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

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The jet stream usually moves from 

• north to south
• west to east
• east to west
• south to north

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What kind of weather happens during a cold front?

• Clear skies, temp. hot

• Rain or thunderstorms

• Clear skies, temp. warms

• Clear skies, temp. cools

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A hurricane gets its energy from

• Warm ocean waters
• high air pressure
• winds along surface
• Sun

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stormy weather

• High Pressure System
• Low Pressure System

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sunny skies

• High Pressure System
• Low Pressure System

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What is a Tornado?

• A thunderstorm cloud that drops ice balls.

• When two tectonic plates hit and the earth starts to shake.

• When lava starts to erupt from a cone.

• A rapid whirling funnel shaped cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What causes global winds and convection in the atmosphere? 

• continental deflection
• the rotation of the Earth
• Moon's gravity
• unequal heating of the Earth by the sun

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