5th Grade Weather & Winds NC EOG Questions

On a cold, cloudy day, the local weather forecaster predicts that a high-pressure system will be moving into the area in the next 24 hours. Which weather conditions will this system most likely bring to the area? 

• stormy 
• sunny 
• snowy 
• hot 

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Which best describes a characteristic of the jet stream?

• It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass. 
• It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.  
• It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North America. 
• It causes high pressure air masses to rotate clockwise.

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Which moves clouds through the atmosphere?

• winds
• evaporation
• condensation
• humidity

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Which has the greatest effect on the movement of the jet stream?

• size of clouds
• gulf stream
• amount of precipitation
• differences in air temperatures

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Which is the best explanation for how air masses move across the United States?

• The prevailing westerlies move air masses from west to east across the United States but may be deflected by the jet stream.
• The trade winds move air masses from west to east across the United States.
• The jet stream moves air masses from the Pacific Ocean across the United States.
• The warm air of the Gulf Stream causes air masses to move from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

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Which best explains why a storm that affects an area in the western United States may affect an area in the easter United States a few days later?

• The jet stream winds blow storms from east to west.

• The jet stream winds blow storms from west to east.

• Cool Gulf Stream water causes storms to form in the east.

• Warm Gulf Stream water causes storms to form in the west.

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Which best explains what type of weather the Gulf Stream usually brings to NC?

• Increased wind speed
• increased air pressure
• increased temperature
• increased evaporation

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Which best describes the cause of day-to-day weather changes?

• the rotation of Earth

• the size of Earth

• moving air masses

• action of the winds

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Which is most responsible for the movement of weather systems across the United States?

• the Gulf Stream

• the prevailing westerlies

• the southeast trade winds

• the jet stream

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Which will most likely result from a low-pressure weather system?

• warm temperatures
• cloudy conditions
• clear conditions
• cool temperatures

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