Atmospheric Water, Air Masses, Fronts, and Storms

Two characteristics of the Arizona climate are low humidity and abundant sunshine. This combination MOST likely results in.....

• low altitude fog

• rapid evaporation

• high elevation snowfall

• frequent thunderstorms

Which important feature is missing from this diagram?

• The sun

• The moon

• People

• Rainbows

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Energy from the sun causes evaporation. Why does more evaporation happen from the oceans than freshwater sources?

• Salt water evaporates faster than freshwater

• The air over oceans can hold more water vapor

• Oceans touch more land masses than freshwater sources

• Oceans have a greater surface area

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What two things interact most in the water cycle?

• Lakes and the sun

• Lakes and the moon

• Oceans and the sun

• Oceans and the moon

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When is the MOST energy from the sun transferred to water in the water cycle?

• During collection

• During evaporation

• During condensation

• During precipitation

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How do the oceans affect weather on Earth?

• Waves in the oceans push on the air above, causing storms to form

• Salt in the ocean dries the air above, causing the air to heat up and rise

• Water evaporates from the ocean, causing clouds to form and send rain back to Earth

• Water in the ocean is cooler than the air above, causing air temperatures to remain low

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Water vapor sometimes condenses into clouds that are in contact with the ground. What forms as a result of this process?

• Fog

• Rain

• Ozone

• Smoke

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What will MOST likely happen to the hydrosphere in an area where the air temperature increases?

• Earthquake intensity will decrease

• Mountain formation will decrease

• Rock weathering will increase

• Evaporation will increase

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The process by which water vapor in the atmosphere cools and becomes a liquid is called ______.

• evaporation

• perspiration

• condensation

• transpiration

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Storms transport water in the form of rain. The energy that starts this process comes from which of these?

• Oceans

• Sun

• Clouds

• Earth

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