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Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

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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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The arrows in the diagram below show the circulation of air on a sunny day.

The air circulation shown is caused by

• both hot air and cool air sinking

• both hot air and cool air rising

• hot air sinking and cool air rising

• hot air rising and cool air sinking

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Air masses

maritime = (dry, humid)

• dry

• humid

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It rained 2 inches in Seattle, Washington on November 5^th.

• weather

• climate

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Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• Insolation

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Winds are caused by differences in ________.

• air pressure

• humidity

• turbulence

• precipitation

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A meteorologist is monitoring the weather around Tallahassee. She collects the following data from her weather instruments:

**Air pressure dropping quickly

**Warm air is rising rapidly

**Water droplets being pushed upward to the topmost part of a cloud

**Doppler radar map shows pockets of air with the wind blowing in opposite directions

Based on the weather data, what should the meteorologist include in the weather forecast for the Tallahassee area?

• tornado watch with heavy rain and hail

• drop in air temperature with light snow

• increasing humidity with light rain

• approaching hurricane with heavy rain and strong winds

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What happens when an air parcels temperature starts to increase?

• the air parcel will stay low to the ground

• the air parcel will disappear into the air

• the air parcel will get much colder

• the air parcel will travel up into the atmosphere

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Winds blow from areas of what to what?

• High temperature to high pressure

• Low temperature to high pressure

• High pressure to low pressure

• Low temperature to high temperature

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