Weather

_______ refers to the condition in the atmosphere at a given place and time.

• Air Temperature

• Weather

• Humidity

• Wind

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Weather includes information about:

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___ of different temperatures causes air pressure and density differences, creating winds and convection currents.

• Air

• Wind

• Humidity

• Clouds

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Relative humidity levels are also affected by air temperature.

______ air can hold more water because the molecules move around faster and don't clump into water molecules as quickly.

• Colder

• Warmer

When cold air reaches warm air, the water in the air often condenses, causing:

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The result of the air pressure and density differences caused by warm and cool air is:

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The Earth's rotation, combined with differing air temperatures, causes the movement of air from the equator and the poles to curve in different directions known as the:

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High-Altitude winds located in the upper troposphere, formed at the boundary between cold and dry air from the North Pole, and warmer, moister air from farther south is called the:

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Warm air rises, causing convection currents with cooler air from the ocean. During the day, cooler air moves ashore and is called a:

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At night, air above the ocean water is warmer than the air on land, so it rises. The resulting convection current forms a wind that moves out into the ocean from the land, called a:

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