5.E.1.3

Which best describes a characteristic of the jet stream?

• It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.

• It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.

• It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North America.

• It causes high pressure air masses to rotate clockwise.

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What will most likely result when the jet stream moves south of North Carolina?

• North Carolina will experience tropical weather conditions.

• North Carolina will experience hot, dry weather.

• North Carolina will experience mild weather.

• North Carolina will experience cold weather.

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Which country would Great Britain’s climate be most like if the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current did not exist?

• Brazil

• Canada

• Australia

• South Africa

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Which weather conditions are associated with El Niño in the Pacific Ocean and on the west coasts of the Americas?

• increased temperature, increased precipitation

• decreased temperature, increased precipitation

• increased temperature, decreased precipitation

• decreased temperature, decreased precipitation

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Which describes the direction of prevailing westerlies?

• east to west

• west to east

• south to west

• west to south

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Which of the following global weather patterns increases the strength of hurricanes?

• the prevailing westerlies

• the jet stream

• the gulf stream

• the polar easterlies

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