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Which location is most likely experiencing the greatest wind speeds? 

• Location A
• Location B
• Location C
• Location D

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A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming from a cumulonimbus cloud:

• hurricane
• tornado
• thunderstorm
• blizzard

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This is the symbol for a... 

• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front
• Warm Front
• Cold Front 

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Changes from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day

• Climate
• Weather

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What does a barometer measure? 

• measures high and low pressure in the air
• measures humidity in the air
• measures speed of the wind 
• measures the amount of rain that has fallen

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A cold front is approaching Minneapolis. What will happen to the air temperature?

• stay the same

• increase

• decrease

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What is this?

• hurricane

• blizzard

• ice storm

• dust storm

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Describe the air on the windward side of a mountain.

• dry

• hot

• moist

• cold

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Which of these weather conditions is necessary for the formation of thunderstorms and hurricanes?

• air moving toward the center of a storm and rising into the atmosphere

• air masses combining to create a high-pressure area

• cold rain falling to the ground

• wind spiraling downward and away from the center of a storm

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Solar energy heats the surface of the Earth, including the ground, rocks, and even roadways. As the temperature of these surfaces increases, heat energy is released back into the atmosphere, forming a pocket of warm air. As the warm air pocket rises, it is replaced by cooler air.

This process is responsible for many of the weather patterns in our atmosphere, and is known as

• convection.

• evaporation.

• transpiration.

• conduction.

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