Quiz 5 Review

If the air mass over the northeast part of Texas is an area of low pressure, the weather residents can expect will be __________ and ___________.

• warm and dry

• warm and stormy

• cool and stormy

• cool and dry

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Which symbol above represents warm, less dense air sliding over the cold, more dense air? Usually moves fairly slow and brings steady rain.

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Why do our ocean currents, winds and hurricanes all curve instead of moving in a straight line when they are trying to move from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure?

• gravity

• Coriolis effect

• air pressure

• convection currents

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This type of breeze forms during the day because the ______ heats up faster than the ________.

• ocean; land

• land; ocean

• cool air; warm air

• cool air; land

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Which city is closest to a high pressure system?

• New York
• Miami
• Minneapolis
• Boise

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Which city is close to a warm front?

• Chicago
• New York
• Boise
• Denver

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These symbols represent a/an ________

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

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A hurricane gets its energy from

• Warm ocean waters

• high air pressure

• winds higher in the atmosphere

• Cool ocean waters

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Which front does this image represent ? 

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

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• High Pressure
• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Mountains

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