A desert may look like the first picture, or a desert may look like the second picture. Which is a feature of all deserts?

• very cold temperatures

• very little precipitation

• high humidity

• high heat

At night, a mountain breeze blows down the slopes of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee and into Wears Valley. What causes the mountain breeze?

• Cool air moves up-slope into the warmer valley

• Warm air moves up-slope into the cooler valley.

• Cool air moves down-slope into the warmer valley

• Warm air moves down-slope into the cooler valley

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At night, a mountain breeze blows down the slopes of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee and into Wears Valley. What causes the mountain breeze?

• Cool air moves up-slope into the warmer valley

• Warm air moves up-slope into the cooler valley.

• Cool air moves down-slope into the warmer valley

• Warm air moves down-slope into the cooler valley

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Wetlands and rain forests both contain have high humidity. What is another factor these two environments have in common?

• high amounts of precipitation

• high elevations

• low number of living things

• low temperatures

This is the view of the valley from a mountain lookout. Fog blankets the valley.

How does the humidity at the lookout compare with the humidity in the valley below?

• It is lower

• It is higher

• It is the same.

• It cannot be measured

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Jacques sees many dragonflies in the marshy area near his home. He doesn’t usually see them in the dry area near his grandmother’s home.

Which of these conditions can he conclude are the best for dragonflies?

• cold and dry

• wet and humid

• wet and windy

• humid and windy

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Lily is at the beach. A cool breeze is blowing from the ocean onto the land.

What does that tell Lily about the air pressure over the ocean and over the land?

• It is the same in both places

• It is higher over the land than over the ocean

• It is lower over the land than over the ocean

• It will become equal as the wind speed increases

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Beavers make their lodges out of tree branches and mud. In which environment is a beaver most likely to be found?

• desert

• forest

• marsh

• tundra

The panhandle of Oklahoma is high prairie. It receives about 17 inches of rainfall a year. The panhandle of Florida is a coastal plain. It receives about 65 inches of rainfall a

year. Which is the best description of the humidity in these areas?

• low in Oklahoma, low in Florida

• high in Oklahoma, low in Florida

• low in Oklahoma, high in Florida

• high in Oklahoma, high in Florida

Parts of the Amazon basin are covered by tropical rain forest. Parts of Arizona are covered by desert. Tropical rain forests and deserts both can be very warm. What is

one key difference between them?

• Rain forests are found at higher altitudes than deserts

• Rain forests get more sunlight than deserts.

• Deserts have no plant life and rain forests have a lot.

• Deserts are much drier than rain forests