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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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Which type of front is near Seattle?

• cold front
• warm front
• occluded front
• stationary front

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It is a nice, sunny day.  There is a large drop in pressure.  What weather condition will LIKELY occur in the next 6-8 hours?

• Partly sunny and breezy
• Partly cloudy and breezy
• Sunny and calm
• Rainy and windy

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Large body  of air with similar temperature, pressure, and humidity.

• Cold front
• Warm front
• High pressure system
• Air mass

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Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.

• more
• less

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Houston received three inches of rainfall last month is an example

• weather

• climate

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Blizzards form in which type of air mass?

• Continental polar

• Continental tropical

• Maritime polar

• Maritime tropical

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What causes differences in air pressure around earth ?

• Warm air rises at the equator, and cold air sinks at the poles.

• Equator gets over heated

• Poles get over heated

• Differences in salinity levels in the ocean

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Meteorologists often look at differences in air pressure when they are trying to predict the weather. Why do these differences occur?

• The sun heats different places at different rates

• The Moon’s gravity has a different strength at different places

• Earth’s rotation makes different places move at different speeds

• Volcanoes add different amounts of heat and gas to the air in different places

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