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Lamar lives along the eastern coast of the United States, where the Gulf Stream influences the temperatures. What is the relationship between air masses and ocean currents?

• Warm air masses warm the ocean currents.

• Cold air masses cool the ocean currents.

• Warm ocean currents cool the air masses above them.

• Warm ocean currents warm the air masses above them.

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When air warms up, it causes water vapor to form. The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is called ______________.

• Clouds

• Humidity

• Dew Point

• Air Pressure

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The Earth's atmosphere is divided into four layers. The mesosphere, troposphere, thermosphere and stratosphere. Each layer has unique physical properties. Which of the following statements about the stratosphere is true?

• Weather happens in the stratosphere.

• There are no winds in the stratosphere.

• The stratosphere is below the troposphere.

• The stratosphere is warmer at the top than the bottom.

For the Earth’s atmosphere, section number two in the pie graph BEST represents the percentage of

• argon

• Oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

Which layer of Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer, an important layer that helps protect life on Earth from UV radiation?

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

The Earth's atmosphere is divided into four layers. The mesosphere, troposphere, thermosphere and stratosphere. Each layer has unique physical properties. Which of the following statements about the mesosphere is true?

• Cloud form in the mesosphere.

• Most meteors entering the Earth’s breakdown in the mesosphere.

• The atmospheric pressure increases in the mesosphere.

• Temperature increases with altitude in the mesosphere.

Which statement best describes how energy transferred within the Earth's atmosphere can effect a weather condition?

• During radiation, objects directly transfer heat to each other which affect the air temperature.

• During radiation, UV rays transfer heat and light energy which affect the air temperature.

• During convection, objects directly transfer heat to each other which affect the

  amount of precipitation.

• During convection, UV rays transfer heat and light energy which affect the amount of precipitation.

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The table below shows the average summer temperature increases for the regions in Canada.

Which trend can be correctly inferred from the data?

• The mountain regions are warming more than the coast.

• The forest regions are warming more than the mountain regions.

• The Atlantic coast is warming more than the Pacific coast.

• The northeastern forest is warming more than the northwest forest.

In which direction will the air current most likely move?

• straight down over land

• straight up above the sea

• from the land towards the sea

• from the sea towards the land

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Which of the following factors would most likely cause a hurricane to decrease in strength?

• staying over a warm body of water for an extended period of time

• increasing the number of large clouds

• moving over a continent off of warm body of water

• moving over tropical waters

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