Weather and Climate

What is humidity?

• A. border formed between moving air masses

• B. wind from the sea that moves over the land

• C. large body of air with similar conditions

• D. amount of water vapor in the air

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What is a front?

• A. border formed between moving air masses

• B. wind from the sea that moves over the land

• C. large body of air with similar conditions

• D. amount of water vapor in the air

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What ia an air mass?

• A. amount of ater vapor in the air

• B. border formed between moving masses

• C. a large puffy cloud

• D. large body of air with similar conditions

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What is land breeze?

• A. wind blowing from water to land

• B. wind blowing from land to water

• C. amount of water vapor in the air

• D. breeze from a standing fan.

What is sea breeze?

• A. breeze moving from land to the sea.

• B large body of air with similar conditions

• C. wind from the sea that moves over the land

• D. border formed between moving air masses

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The science of meteorology is the study of cloud patterns.

• A. True

• B. False

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An air mass that brings moist cool air to the Pacifi c northwest is a maritime tropical air mass.

• A. True

• B. False

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Wind speed is measured with an instrument called a hygrometer.

• A. true

• B. False

Earth’s rotation causes local winds that curve, and break up into zones or bands.

• A. true

• B. False

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The temperature at which water vapor condenses to turn back into a liquid is called relative humidity.

• A. True

• B. False