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Which global winds have the greatest impact on the weather in the US?

• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies
• doldrums
• polar easterlies

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This is the symbol for a... 

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

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Daily temperature, daily rainfall, daily amount of sunshine

• Weather
• Climate

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What direction is the warm front moving?

• Northeast
• Northwest
• Southeast
• Southwest

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Meteorologists forecast this.

• Climate
• Weather

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Cold air masses that form at high latitudes are called

• polar air masses.
• continental air masses.
• warm air masses.
• maritime air masses.

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In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

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What is caused by differences in air pressure?

• Time

• Precipitation

• Clouds

• Wind

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The warm front is moving North. I can tell because:

• warm fronts always move North.

• North is the best direction.

• the bumps on the front are pointing North.

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Which best describes a storm that forms over warm sections of the ocean?

• blizzard

• hurricane

• hailstorm

• snowstorm

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