Weather and climate

What factors determine climate

• Wind speed and temperature

• Precipitation and humidity

• Precipitation and air pressure

• Precipitation and temperature

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What does the Gulf Stream do?

• brings warmer temperatures to the east coast of the U.S.

• brings cooler temperatures to the east coast of the U.S.

• makes the east coast and the west coast of the U.S. the same temperature

• brings cool water to canada

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What is the Jet Stream?

• a high speed band of air that travels east to west

• a high speed band of air that brings weather west to east

• a high speed band of air that causes cold fronts

• a band of air high in the atmosphere that cools down the U.S.

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A cold front..

• pushes cold air up causing the cold air mass to warm and form clouds

• pushes warm air up causing the warm air mass to cool and form clouds

• pushes warm air up causing the warm air mass to cool and form clear skies

• pushes warm air up causing the warm air mass to heat and form clear skies

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What does the ocean do with the sun's energy?

• uses it to allow sea life

• uses it to cause ship wrecks

• allows it to sink to the bottom

• stores it

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When do rain droplets form?

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• run off

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What happens to the sun's energy at the equator?

• There is more heat so there is more ship wrecks

• There is more heat so there is more evaporation

• There is less heat so there are less ship wrecks

• There is less heat so there is less evaporation

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What causes wind?

• air comes from the ground and moves a certain direction

• The sun heats Earth's surface evenly, causing different air pressures

• The sun heats Earth's surface unevenly, causing the same temperatures

• The sun heats Earth's surface unevenly, causing different air pressures

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A storm system starts in Kansas, and is following the winds moving east. Which state will have the storm later that day?

• Colorado

• Missouri

• Nebraska

• Oklahoma

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What NOT an effect of deforestation?

• animals homes are destroyed

• increases global warming

• decreases global warming

• more carbon dioxide is released in atmosphere

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