Weather in the Atmosphere

What drives the motions in the atmosphere?

• radiation

• sea breezes

• land breezes

• energy from the sun

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As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressure

• increases

• decreases

• doesn't change

• first increases, then decreases

The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a

• front

• flood

• climate

• storm

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The term used to describe the conditions of Earth's atmosphere at a given place or time is ______________.

• climate

• weather

• atmospheric pressure

• particles

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Plants give off water vapor through their leaves in a process known as

• transpiration

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

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In what form can we see water in the atmosphere?

• lakes

• rivers

• wind

• clouds

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When you breathe against a window pane and you notice a spot, what stage of the water cycle does this show?

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

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What type of front passed if the weather was slow, steady rain then becomes hot and humid?

• stationary front

• cold front

• warm front

• occluded front

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Warm is __________ dense than cold air

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What is an air mass?

• Front where a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses

• Humid air mass that forms over oceans

• Rain, hail, sleet or snow pulled to Earth

• Body of air with similar temperature, humidity and air pressure

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