You wake up in the morning and the sky is filled with a blanket of stratus clouds low in the sky. What can you predict the weather will be like based on these clouds?

• light rain all day

• heavy rain and hail

• clear and sunny day

• strong thunderstorms

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Which answer choice lists the weather conditions that would most likely result in a sunny day?

• low pressure, low humidity, with cirrus clouds

• high pressure, low humidity, with cirrus clouds

• low pressure, high humidity, with stratus clouds

• high pressure, high humidity, with cumulus clouds

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Which answer correctly explains the difference between sleet and hail?

• Sleet is larger than hail and both forms of precipitation usually falls in winter.

• Sleet is usually part of a thunderstorm, and hail comes from thin layers of rain clouds.

• Sleet and hail are the same except that sleet usually falls in summer and hail usually falls in winter.

• Sleet is ice that forms when rain falls through cold air, and hail is rain that freezes multiple times and hits the ground as a stone.

Many rainforests are found in the tropics, but only a few are found in cooler temperate zones. What makes a forest a rainforest?

• They always contain very large rivers or lakes.

• They produce more oxygen than normal forests.

• They have higher humidity and a large amount of precipitation.

• They have a large variety of animals that are not fond elsewhere.

Swampy areas can be found in many Florida locations. What weather conditions are MOST frequently found in this environment?

• low temperature, low humidity

• high temperature, high humidity

• low temperature, high humidity

• high temperature, low humidity

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Deserts in the temperate zones can be hot in the afternoon and below freezing at night. Which best explains why this happens?

• Temperate deserts are found at high elevations, where the Sun and the wind are much stronger. This creates less extreme temperature changes.

• Temperate deserts lack trees and grass. With no trees, the Sun shines directly down and causes it to get hot in the day, and with no grass, the heat can't escape at night.

• Temperate deserts have very little cloud cover and no humidity. This means that more energy from the Sun reaches the desert in the day, but that heat can escape quickly at night.

• Temperate deserts have higher rainfall than other kinds of deserts. Warm rain during the day produces warm breezes. Cooler rain at night draws warm air away.

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A rainstorm would MOST likely occur with which of the following weather conditions.

• No clouds, high air pressure

• Cirrus clouds, high air pressure

• Stratus clouds, low air pressure

• Cumulonimbus clouds, low air pressure

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The Polar zones an extremely cold, dry climate? What is the MOST LIKELY reason for the climate of these regions?

• There is a lot of sunlight.

• There is a lot of coastline.

• These regions have the least land mass.

• These regions are farthest from the equator.

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What kind of weather is generally results in an area of high pressure?

• Cloudy weather

• Snowy weather

• Clear weather

• Stormy weather

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Brazil's rainforest is located in a region with a tropical climate. The tundra of the North Pole is located in a region with a polar climate. Why does air in an area with a tropical climate hold more water than air in a polar climate?

• Warm air holds more water vapor.

• Tropical climates have more rivers.

• Polar climates have ice instead of water.

• Polar climates get more sunlight.

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