ES.12 a/b Meteorology Review

Which is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• oxygen

• water vapor

What's the humidity and temperature of an mT (maritime tropical) air mass?

• Wet and cold
• Dry and warm
• Wet and warm
• Dry and cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A dry and cold air mass would be...

• maritime Polar (mP)

• continental Polar (cP)

• maritime Tropical (mT)

• continental Tropical (cT)

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What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

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What happens if a hurricane moves over land or cold ocean water?

• it will get stronger & bigger

• it will get weaker & die out

• it will upgrade its category
• it will morph into a typhoon

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Isobars are lines on a weather map connecting areas with equal...

• temperature

• air pressure

• humidity

• precipitation

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A cold front is approaching Minneapolis. What direction is the cold front moving?

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Northwest

• Southwest

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Which instrument is used to measure the wind speed?

• Psychrometer

• Anemometer

• Wind Vane

• Barometer

What caused the Coriolis effect (the curving of winds and water)?

• Earth's Rotation

• Earth's Revolution

• Uneven heating of the Earth

• Gravitational pull of the Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which choice describes the Jet Stream in the US?

• Warm, fast moving air current from the South

• Cold, swift air current from the North

• Low altitude air current from the East to the West

• Fast, high altitude air current from the West to the East

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