Weather and Climate

Which atmospheric factor most defines a very hot and muggy day?

• Low pressure.

• Smog.

• Humidity.

• Fog.

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Air in the atmosphere gets warmed by the ground and rises up. Air that was high up in the atmosphere then sinks down. What is the effect of the air moving in circles like this?

• Clouds form on the lower boundary of the troposphere.

• Thermal energy is transferred by conduction cells.

• Wind blows from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas.

• Heat from the earth’s core rises up to fill the vacuum.

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Relatively warm air in the atmosphere rises and moves toward relatively cool air. In turn, the colder air sinks and moves toward the warmer air. What is the effect of this continuous circulation of air?

• Convection currents absorb air molecules.

• Convection currents escape into space.

• It becomes cooler and forms clouds.

• Convection currents break up the troposphere.

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Which of the following is an example of weather?

• A town's specific location on the earth.

• A region's set of meteorological instruments.

• A town's atmospheric measurements on a certain day.

• A region’s average temperature and rainfall for the year.

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Which weather factor makes a tornado dangerous?

• Amount of rain.

• Amount of snow.

• Speed of wind.

• Speed of lightning.

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Which kind of severe weather always starts over warm water?

• Hurricane.

• Blizzard.

• Thunderstorm.

• Tornado.

Which example of weather produces heavy winds, loss of visibility, and lots of snow?

• A hailstorm.

• A hurricane.

• A blizzard.

• A thunderstorm.

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How do meteorologists make forecasts about the weather?

• They use a formula that includes amount of daylight and average rainfall.

• They input current weather data into a computer model.

• They apply what they know about weather and make their best guess.

• They look at the weather on the same date of the previous year.

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In the upper Midwest and extending to the east, there are five large bodies of fresh water called the Great Lakes. They are hundreds of miles wide and some of the deepest bodies of water in the United States. Because they are so large, they have a great deal of surface. This affects weather patterns in areas close to the lakes.

How would you expect weather patterns to be different in an area next to the shoreline of one of the Great Lakes compared to an area farther inland?

• The shoreline area would have warmer winters and colder summers.

• The shoreline area would get more rain during the summer.

• There would be no significant differences in weather patterns between these two areas.

• The inland area would have warmer winters and colder summers.

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Which of these is a description of climate?

• The wind speed right now is 5 miles per hour.

• Last week we had 1 inch of rain.

• San Jose has cool winters.

• It was 98 degrees outside yesterday.

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