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High Pressure is associated with this type of weather...

• Cloudy/Overcast Weather
• Cold Weather
• Warm Weather
• Fair Weather

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Which system results in drier, fairer weather?

• high pressure
• low pressure
• hurricane
• weather system

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Identify the type of front that is shown in the image.

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

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What is the condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place?

• climate
• temperature
• weather
• air pressure

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___________________ is the type of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as warm air rising and cold air sinking; creating wind.

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation
• insulation.

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Why do tornadoes tend to form in Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley?

• It is where warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets cold, dry air from the north.
• It is the part of the the US where there is most uneven heating of the ground.

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Which type of air mass is pictured in letter "C" (northeastern U.S., around NYC)?

• Continental polar

• Continental tropical

• Maritime polar

• Maritime tropical

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What type of air mass is associated with cold and humid air?

• Maritime polar

• Continental polar

• Maritime tropic

• Continental tropic

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Warm air has a ________ density and ________ into the atmosphere.

• Low, sinks

• High, sinks

• High, rises

• Low, rises

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Why does city "B" have clear skies?

• It is in North America

• There is not a front moving through city "B"

• Clouds do not form in the West

• It is located near a high pressure system

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