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Air travels

• from high pressure to low pressure
• from low pressure to high pressue

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Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

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What is the driving force for the events pictured?

• high pressure and low pressure weather gradients
• the Sun heating the air and land creating convection currents
• convection currents within the ocean's water
• plants releasing oxygen and using carbon dioxide due to photosynthesis

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_____________ has the same temperature and moisture content throughout. 

• convection current
• front
• air mass

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This symbol represents a 

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

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Which of the following best describes weather?

• day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

• long-term conditions (months/years) of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

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An arctic blast pushed its way through several of the Northern state in the United State. The temperatures dropped below freezing for several days. Temperature is an example of which type of factor?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Which type of cloud is most responsible for severe thunderstorms?

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

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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 experienced a temperature rise?

• Amarillo

• Detroit

• Orlando

• Reno

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Winds blow from

• high to low

• low to high

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