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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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Which front does cold air advance upon warm air?

• Warm
• Cold
• Occluded
• Stationary

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Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?

• Sunny
• Calm
• Stormy

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Some cloud names include “nimbus.” This means that cloud is producing

• fair weather
• fog
• tornadoes
• precipitation

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After a cold front passes through, what type of weather will there be?   

• Rainy or stormy, and cloudy
• Clear, dry, and sunny

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Which type of weather front can produce foggy weather that can last for several days?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

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A high pressure system will cause what kind of weather?

• a hurricane

• a tornado

• dry, clear skies

• humid day with overcast skies

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Choose the answer that correctly completes the blanks in order to describe lake effect snow:

_________ wind blows across __________water; moisture condenses into clouds, and is then released in large amounts of snow as the clouds move over _________ land.

• Warm, Colder, Warmer

• Cold, Warmer, Colder

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It is your job to report the weather to the class today, but in your notes, you forgot to write down which measurement goes with what tool. All you wrote down was 15 km/hr. What tool did you use?

• barometer

• anemometer

• hydrometer

• rain gauge

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Which way is this storm spinning?

• Clockwise

• Counterclockwise

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