Heat Transfer, Weather Review, Land & Sea Breeze

When barometric pressure is rising, what type of weather can usually be expected?

• strong thunderstorms and hail

• tornadoes

• fair weather

• severe weather with storms

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The top floor of your house always seem to have a higher temperature than the 1st floor. What heat transfer method is responsible for this process?

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• condensation

The stir crazy warms up the popcorn kernels through the direct contact with the hot plate, what type of heat transfer is responsible for this process?

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• condensation

The climate of a location is constantly changing.

• true

• false

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An example of a weather condition is

• rain

• tornado

• clear and sunny skies

• all of the conditions listed are weather conditions

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Land breezes flow from ____ to ____.

• east; west

• land; water

• clouds; jet

• water; land

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Sea breezes take place during the day because warmer land temperature results in a warmer air mass above the land compared to the cooler air mass over the surface of water.

• true

• false

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Land breeze and sea breezes are caused by the different temperatures between land and water surfaces.

• true

• false

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The jet stream moves from ____ to ____ across the United States.

• north to south

• south to north

• east to west

• west to east

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What type of air mass would form over the warm waters of the southern Atlantic Ocean?

• Maritime polar (mP)

• Maritime tropical (mT)

• Continental polar (cP)

• Continental tropical (cT)

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