Quiz about Unit #1- Weather

Question 1

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

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Weather

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Climate

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Atmosphere

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Troposphere

Question 2

The blanket of gases surrounding Earth.

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Atmosphere

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Weather

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Climate

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Troposphere

Question 3

The amount of moisture in the air.

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Humidity

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Wind

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Moisture

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Atmospheric Pressure

Question 4

The amount of a liquid (such as water) that makes something wet or moist.

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Moisture

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Wind

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Humidity

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Atmospheric Pressure

Question 5

The weight of air above a given area.

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Atmospheric Pressure

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Wind

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Moisture

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Humidity

Question 6

The falling to Earth of any form of water.

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Precipitation

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Severe Weather

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Hurricane

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Tornado

Question 7

Any weather that falls outside of normal patterns.

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Severe Weather

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Precipitation

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Hurricane

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Tornado

Question 8

A very large, swirling storm with very low pressure at the center.

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Hurricane

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Precipitation

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Severe Weather

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Tornado

Question 9

A violent whirling wind that moves across the ground.

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Tornado

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Precipitation

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Severe Weather

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Hurricane

Question 10

An instrument used to measure temperature.

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Thermometer

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Barometer

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Anemometer

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Hygrometer

Question 11

An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.

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Barometer

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Thermometer

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Anemometer

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Hygrometer

Question 12

An instrument used to measure wind speed.

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Anemometer

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Thermometer

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Barometer

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Hygrometer

Question 13

An instrument used to measure humidity; the moisture in the air.

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Hygrometer

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Thermometer

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Barometer

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Anemometer

Question 14

Atmospheric pressure as read by a barometer.

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Barometric Pressure

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Wind Speed

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Wind Direction

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Weather Patterns

Question 15

The rate at which air moves past a specific point in a horizontal direction.

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Wind Speed

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Barometric Pressure

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Wind Direction

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Weather Patterns

Question 16

Occur when the weather stays the same for days or weeks at a time.

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Weather Patterns

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Barometric Pressure

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Wind Speed

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Wind Direction

Question 17

The direction from which the wind blows.

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Wind Direction

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Barometric Pressure

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Wind Speed

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Weather Patterns

Question 18

An instrument that measures the direction from which the wind is blowing.

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Wind Vane

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Rain Gauge

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Weather Balloon

Question 19

An instrument that collects water falling on it and records the change over time in the rainfall depth.

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Rain Gague

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Wind Vane

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Weather Balloon

Question 20

A balloon that carries instruments to the atmosphere to measure weather conditions.

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Weather Balloon

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Wind Vane

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Rain Gague

Question 21

A large collection of tiny droplets of water or ice crystals.

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Cloud

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Cloud Cover

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Cloud Formation

Question 22

The amount of the sky that is covered by clouds, or the fraction of the sky that is obscured by clouds.

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Cloud Cover

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Cloud

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Cloud Formation

Question 23

When water vapor in the air condenses into visible water droplets or ice crystals.

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Cloud Formation

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Cloud

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Cloud Cover

Question 24

Low clouds that look like long, thin, wispy white streamers high in the sky bring what type of weather.

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A change in weather is coming. Indicate fair weather.

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It will be a bad weather day.

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Nothing is going on.

Question 25

If the cloud has a flat base and a big fluffy top. What type of weather will they produce?

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Fair weather. Nice, Sunny Weather. Might turn into thunderstorm clouds.

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Nothing is going on

Question 26

Large, tall clouds that are dark on the bottom. What type of weather are they going to produce?

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Thunderstorm clouds will produce precipitation. This can lead to severe weather

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It will be a sunny day.

Question 27

The study of the atmosphere (the air around our planet).

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Meteorology

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Forecast

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Weather Maps

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Meteorologists

Question 28

A physical scientist who observes, studies, or forecasts the weather.

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Meteorologists

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Meteorology

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Forecast

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Weather Maps

Question 29

A guess or estimate about something that will happen in the future.

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Forecast

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Meteorology

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Weather Maps

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Meteorologists

Question 30

Displays various features across a particular area at a particular point in time with different symbols.

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Weather Maps

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Meteorology

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Forecast

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Meteorologists

Question 31

Used to convey information about weather conditions in a small space.

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Symbols

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Radar

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Satellite Map

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Satellite

Question 32

A system that uses waves of energy to sense objects. It can find a faraway object and tell how fast it is moving.

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Radar

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Symbols

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Satellite Map

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Satellite

Question 33

A picture of the Earth's surface taken by a satellite orbiting the planet.

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Satellite Map

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Symbols

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Radar

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Satellite

Question 34

A large body of air with generally the same temperature, humidity, and moisture throughout.

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Air Mass

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Front

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Warm Front

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Cold Front

Question 35

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures.

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Front

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Air Mass

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Warm Front

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Cold Front

Question 36

Forms when a cold air mass begins moving into a warmer air mass; where cold air moves in under a mass of warm air.

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Cold Front

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Air Mass

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Front

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Warm Front

Question 37

A boundary where warm air moves in over a mass of cold air.

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Warm Front

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Air Mass

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Front

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Cold Front

Question 38

An area of the atmosphere with higher air pressure than the surrounding areas.

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High-Pressure System

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Low-Pressure System

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Warm Front

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Cold Front

Question 39

Lower pressure at its center than the areas around it.

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Low-Pressure System

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High-Pressure System

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Warm Front

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Cold Front

Question 40

The average weather conditions in an area over a long time.

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Climate

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Weather

Question 41

Is the daily state of the atmosphere, or air, in any given place.

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Weather

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Climate

Question 42

Is this statement an example of weather or climate: Today will be cloudy with a small chance of rain.

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Weather

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Climate

Question 43

Is this statement an example of weather or climate: Here on the Outer Banks our summers can get hot.

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Climate

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Weather

Question 44

The half of the Earth that is North of the equator.

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Northern Hemisphere

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Southern Hemisphere

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Eastern Hemisphere

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Western Hemisphere

Question 45

An imaginary line that runs around the middle of the earth and splits it into half (left to right)

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Equator

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Prime Meridian

Question 46

The half of the Earth that is South of the equator.

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Southern Hemisphere

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Northern Hemisphere

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Eastern Hemisphere

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Western Hemisphere

Question 47

The half of the Earth that is East of the prime meridian.

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Eastern Hemisphere

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Northern Hemisphere

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Southern Hemisphere

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Western Hemisphere

Question 48

The starting point for measuring distance both east and west around Earth.

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Prime Meridian

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Equator

Question 49

The half of the Earth that is West of the prime meridian.

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Western Hemisphere

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Northern Hemisphere

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Southern Hemisphere

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Eastern Hemisphere

Question 50

Imaginary lines that run north to south from pole to pole.

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Longitude

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Latitude

Question 51

Imaginary lines that run from east to west.

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Latitude

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Longitude

Question 52

A huge, warm ocean current that runs from the Gulf of Mexico and up along the eastern coast of the United States and Canada then across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.

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Gulf Stream

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Ocean Current

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Land Breeze

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Sea Breeze

Question 53

Wind that blows from sea to land; flow of air from the sea to the land; breeze flowing during the day from the sea to the land

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Sea Breeze

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Gulf Stream

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Ocean Current

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Land Breeze

Question 54

Wind that blows from land to sea; The dense cool air over the land flows offshore to replenish the buoyant warm air; breeze at night flows from the land to the sea.

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Land Breeze

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Gulf Stream

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Ocean Current

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Sea Breeze

Unit #1- Weather

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