Weather and climate test

Condensation is part of the water cycle and also plays a role in the weather. Which of the following directly results from condensation?

• Ice forms.

• Clouds form.

• Dew evaporates.

• Strong winds develop.

What is the difference between a tornado and a hurricane?

• Tornadoes occur over water and hurricanes occur over land.
• They are the same things.
• Tornadoes happen during winter and hurricanes happen in the summer.
• Tornadoes occur over land and hurricanes occur over water.

Which is an intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119km/h?

• blizzard
• hurricane
• thunderstorm
• tornado

When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

• warm front
• cold front
• occluded front
• stationary front

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• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front
• Cold Front
• Warm Front

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What type of weather will you see along a cold front?

• Thunderstorms

• Sunny skies

• Gentle rain

• No weather

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Which type of air would you find at air mass D?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

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What city will experience decreasing temperatures in the next day?

• Denver

• El Paso

• Memphis

• Los Angeles

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What is the direction of global winds?

• Warm air rises from the equator toward the poles, while cold air from the poles moves toward the equator to replace it.

• Cold air rises from the equator toward the poles, while warm air from the poles moves toward the equator to replace it.

• Warm air rises from the poles toward the equator, while cold air from the equator moves toward the poles to replace it.

• It depends on the amount of sunlight that reaches the equator that year.

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The Jet Stream helps weather systems come to NC by

• forcing winds to blow in the opposite direction.

• decreasing inland wind speed.

• moving air masses west to east across the United States.

• keeping temperatures consistently warm all year round

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