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How are fronts formed?

• When two air masses meet
• when two winds meet
• when two clouds meet

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Wind blows from ______ pressure areas to _____ pressure areas.

• high; low
• warm; cool
• cool; warm
• low; high

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Which type of air mass is COLD and HUMID?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

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The temperature and precipitation at one place at one particular time.

• Climate

• Weather

• Global Warming

• Temperature

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As air rises, it expands. This expanding air also ______.

• warms and condenses

• cools and condenses

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A narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere that move from west to east

• Jet Stream

• doldrums

• equator

• polar easterlies

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Day 1 and Day 2 in Greenville started with the same amount of water vapor in the air parcels there. It rained at the end of Day 2 but it did not rain at the end of Day 1. What could have happened to the air parcel to cause rainfall on Day 2?

• The air parcel was warmer than the surrounding air, so it lost energy.

• The air parcel was warmer than the surrounding air, so it gained energy.

• The air parcel was at the same low temperature as the surrounding air, so it had low energy.

• The air parcel was cooler than the surrounding air, so it gained energy.

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Hurricanes form in which type of air mass?

• Continental polar

• Continental tropical

• Maritime polar

• Maritime tropical

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The Sun warms the atmosphere and drives convection currents because -

• warm air is less dense, so it rises.

• the warmed air cools and makes rain.

• the cooler land pushes away warm air.

• warm air, in contact with cool air, rotates.

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The general pattern of winds around a high pressure area is clockwise, outward. The general pattern of winds around a low pressure area is counterclockwise, inward. Based on the information provided, which Texas city shown will most likely have winds from the east?

• Abilene

• Tyler

• Houston

• San Antonio

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