Weather

Which of the following is a result of the water cycle?

• Sunlight

• volcanoes

• weather

• earthquake

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Water impacts the weather by constantly moving between which two spheres?

• • atmosphere and lithosphere

• • atmosphere and geosphere

• • atmosphere and geosphere

• • atmosphere and hydrosphere

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When air masses with different characteristics meet, a ________ forms.

• line

• front

• • battle

• • skirmish

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2. Which of the following influence global weather patterns?

• • jet stream and gravity

• • jet stream and ocean currents

• • ocean currents

  • and earthquakes

• • ocean currents and magnetic field

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Warm air rising causes a low pressure area; cold air dropping causes a high pressure area. The instrument that meteorologists use to measure the air pressure is the ____________.

• • hygrometer

• • barometer

• • anemometer

• • thermometer

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The main function of the digestive system is to break down food for ______.

• • carbon dioxide

• • oxygen

• • liquid and waste products

• • energy and nutrients

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The major parts of the digestive system include the ______.

• • nose, throat, trachea, and lungs

• • mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines

• • bladder, skin, kidneys, and large intestine

• • heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries

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Where does digestion begin?

• • small intestine

• • mouth

• • stomach

• • large intestine

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Katie began to eat a cookie at lunch. Her class had just completed a science lesson about the digestive system. Katie learned that the digestion of her cookie began in her mouth. The cookie is first broken down by ______ in Katie's mouth.

• • saliva and chewing

• • acids and churning

• • capillaries

• • cartilage

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The esophagus ______ move food and liquid into the stomach.

• • muscles

• • arteries

• • veins

• • bones