E.1.3- Mini Assessment

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

• increased wind speed

• increased air pressure

• increased temperature

• increased evaporation

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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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What weather change is most likely 
to happen
 if air pressure is falling? 

• The weather will become warmer.
• The weather will become stormy.
• The weather will become cooler.
• The weather will become fair.

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Chris noticed a high-pressure system in the weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Which type of weather conditions are most likely for those two days?

• clear and sunny

• cold and stormy

• cloudy and rainy

• warm and stormy

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Which polar jet stream path would bring unusually warm weather to the Great Lakes region in winter?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What is the primary cause of wind?

• the uneven heating of Earth

• precipitation falling to Earth

• many gases released into the air

• water constantly evaporating into the atmosphere

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What causes wind?

• convection currents
• conduction currents
• radiation currents
• tropical currents

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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 is most responsible for moderating weather along the North Carolina coast?

• La Niña

• the jet stream

• the Gulf Stream

• prevailing westerlies

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Which best describes why winds at the beach change direction between day and night?

• because the temperatures over land and over water change

• because warm air over land sinks and stays in place over land

• because cool air rises and is replaced by warm air from the ocean

• because cool air sinks and stays in place over land

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