6th final

What is the jet stream?

• Precipitation in North Carolina

• Weather over a long period of time

• Strong winds above the Earth's surface

• Football flying over the Earth

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.

What will most likely result when the jet stream moves south of North

Carolina?

• North Carolina will experience tropical weather conditions.

• North Carolina will experience hot, dry weather.

• North Carolina will experience mild weather.

• North Carolina will experience cold weather.

The arrow above the water is coming down and is blue because

• the water is warm so it warms the air and warm air sinks.

• the water is cold so it warms the air and cool air sinks.

• the water is cold so it cools the air and cool air sinks.

• the water is warm so it warms the air and cool air sinks.

"Uneven heating and cooling" best describes a...

• tool for measuring temperature

• cumulonimbus cloud

• measurement on an anemometer

• cause of wind

Wind is caused by...

• different clouds

• different temperatures

• different wind directions

• different wind speeds

Which describes how wind speed is affected by weather?

• Differences in air pressure cause greater wind speeds.

• Rainy weather causes greater wind speeds.

• Warmer weather causes greater wind speeds.

• Small temperature changes cause greater wind speeds.

When does storm surge occur?

• Before the Hurricane Arrives

• Before the Hurricane Arrives and During the Hurricane

• Before, During, and Right Before the End of the Hurricane

• During and Right Before the End of the Hurricane

• Right Before the End of the Hurricane

What is a storm surge?

• the rise in water level in addition to normal tides as a result of a storm

• the typical height of the high tide

• the total height of water level

• the distance inland from the normal waterline the water floods as a result of a storm

All the water on, in , and surrounding the earth

• Atmosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere
• Lithosphere