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What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

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What causes the circulation of air in the atmosphere?

• Air in the atmosphere is heated by the sun and sinks to the ground.
• The ground is heated by the sun and then heats the air, causing the air to rise.
• Air loses heat to the ground and then rises upward to obtain more energy.
• The sun heats the clouds which forces the cooler air to move away and sink.

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What causes the circulation of air in the atmosphere?

• Air in the atmosphere is heated by the sun and sinks to the ground.
• The ground is heated by the sun and then heats the air, causing the air to rise.
• Air loses heat to the ground and then rises upward to obtain more energy.
• The sun heats the clouds which forces the cooler air to move away and sink.

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What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

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Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

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When air pressure rapidly falls, what weather change usually occurs?

• clearing skies
• decreasing humidlty
• approaching storm
• decreasing temperature

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Meteorologists forecast this.

• Climate
• Weather

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Strong wind blows snow in a ______________.

• blizzard
• tornado
• hurricane
• flood

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Weather  mostly moves across the US from 

• the south to north
• the south to west
• the east to west
• the west to east

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Hurricanes form in which type of air mass?

• Continental polar

• Continental tropical

• Maritime polar

• Maritime tropical

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