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

• more
• less

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Winds are generated when air flows from a high pressure area into a ____.

• region of intense moisture

• cold front

• low pressure area

• storm that is already in progress

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Weather fronts mark the __________________ between two air masses.

• force

• boundary

• distance

• height

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the condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• Climate

• Weather

• Atmosphere

• Density

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Conditions such as wind, temperature, cloud at a particular time and place

• transfer

• air parcel

• change

• weather

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If a Polar air mass and a Tropical air mass meet, which will rise to the top?

• Polar

• Tropical

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How is atmospheric pressure related to air density?

• higher density equals lower pressure and lower density equals higher pressure

• as density gets higher or lower atmospheric pressure does nothing

• higher density equals higher pressure and lower density equals lower pressure

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The Jet Stream is a global pattern of atmospheric movement that influences patterns in local weather. Based on the information provided in the weather map, which city shown most recently saw a rise in temperature?

• Boise

• Denver

• Louisville

• Shreveport

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According to the weather map, in the next 24 hours the temperatures in Conroe will be _____ and New York will be _____.

• Cold; hot

• Hot; cold

• Hot; hot

• There will be no change

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What is the “fuel” that “feeds” a hurricane

• cold air

• dry air

• warm water and moist air

• warm and dry air

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