Weather and the Water Cycle

What is the process in which a liquid turns into a gas?

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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What is the process in which a gas turns into a liquid?

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

The water cycle is important for recycling the water on Earth. Which of these is the source of most of the water vapor in Earth's atmosphere?

• ocean evaporation

• plant transpiration

• river flooding

• glacier melting

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Which factor determines whether precipitation will be in the form of rain or snow?

• air pressure

• temperature

• wind

• humity

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What causes wind?

• differences in gravity

• differences in air pressure

• differences in the thermosphere

• difference in oxygen

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Which statement correctly defines wind?

• wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface

• wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere

• wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure

• wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to area of high pressure

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When heat rises cools then sinks

• high pressure

• convection current

• low pressure

• stratospheric pressure

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What is the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• temperature

• elevation

• climate

• precipitation

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Wind is caused mainly by air pressure differences that result from

• rotation of Earth on its axis

• uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere

• radiation of heat from Earth's land masses to water bodies

• absorption of ultraviolent radiation by Earth's land masses

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The Coriolis effect causes ________.

• continental deflection

• global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line

• the Earth to rotate on its axis

• global winds and deep ocean currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line.

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