Quiz Review: Wind & Weather

As air in Earth's atmosphere is heated by the Sun, the warmer air expands and becomes less dense than the cooler air.  As a result, the warmer air rises and the cooler air sinks.  This cycle of warm air rising and cool air sinking is called a ​ (a)  

• convection current
• climate
• weather
• conduction

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True or False: Cold air is more dense than warm air. Because of this, cold air sinks.

• True

• False

During the afternoon, sea breezes usually form as winds blow toward land.  Which condition MOST LIKELY causes a sea breeze to occur in the afternoon?

Hint: Use the diagram!

• A thunderstorm forming over the land

• A rise in pressure over the land and water

• A temperature difference between the land and the water

• A cold front moving from the land toward the ocean

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What causes land and sea breezes to form?

Hint: Use the diagram!

• Land blocks air flowing over the ocean.

• Global winds move air from over water toward land.

• Ocean currents pull warm air away from areas of land.

• Water and land absorb and release heat energy at different rates.

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Needed for Weather Station

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(b) NOT Needed for Weather Station

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The diagram shown illustrates how a ​ (a)   is formed.

• sea breeze
• jet stream
• cold front
• land breeze
• global wind

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Select the weather instrument a meteorologist would use to measure wind speed.

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True or False: Warm is more dense and sinks towards the surface of the earth.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Warm is LESS dense! Warm air rises which causes low pressure.

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​ (a)   blows from ​ (b)   to ​ (c)   . ​

• Wind
• high pressure
• low pressure

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What causes a land breeze at the beach?

• At night, cooler air over land replaces rising warmer air over water.

• At night, cooler air over water replaces rising warmer air over land.

• During the day, cooler air over land forces warmer air over water to rise.

• During the day, cooler air over the water pushes warmer air over land.

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