L 4.2: What Influences Weather?

T/F: Condensation can form clouds in the sky and and fog near the ground.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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In a low pressure system, the air flows...

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

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In a high pressure system, the air flows...

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

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T/F: If the barometric pressure is falling that indicates a low pressure system is moving in.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Which of the following is an ocean current and which is a wind belt?

• The gulf stream is a wind belt and the jet stream is an ocean current.

• The gulf stream is an ocean current and the jet stream is a wind belt.

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What moves our weather from west to east?

• gulf stream

• jet stream

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Has two different belts in each hemisphere; One is referred to as polar and the other subtropical.

• gulf stream

• jet stream

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Influences the weather along the southernmost coast of the United States...

• gulf stream

• jet stream

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Can pull cold air down from Canada or bring warm air up from the south to our area...

• gulf stream

• jet stream

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Pulls warm water across the Atlantic ocean which results in a milder climate in Europe...

• gulf stream

• jet stream

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