wind

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

• Spirally
• Unevenly
• Circularly
• Kinetically

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if you wanted to find the jet steam, where would you go? 

• the area around the poles 
• the area around the equator 
• 10 km above the earth's surface 
• 1 km above the earth's surface 

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What causes wind?

• differences in air pressure

• differences in gravity

• difference in oxygen

• differences in the thermosphere

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What causes differences in air pressure?

• even heating of the Earth

• Even cooling of the earth

• uneven heating of the earth

• global warming

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Flow of air from land to a body of water is called:

• doldrum

• chinook

• sea breeze

• land breeze

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Sea breezes occur?

• during the day

• during the night

• high noon

• full moon

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What kind of air pressure does COLD air have?

• High pressure
• Low pressure

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What kind of air pressure does WARM air have?

• High pressure
• Low pressure

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