Weather Test Review

In the northern hemisphere, southern winds tend to move to the ________________ because of the earth's rotation.

• East

• North

• South

• West

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Based on the information in the weather map, which direction will the wind move?

• East to West

• West to East

• North to South

• South to North

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The Gulf Stream current shown here makes the waters of the North Atlantic

• warmer.

• cooler.

• more dense.

• less nutrient rich.

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What forms when air masses with different temperatures meet?

• storms

• thunder

• fronts

• currents

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During the day, the Sun heats the ocean and the ocean stores this energy. During the evening the land cools and the ocean transfers the energy back to the air. As a result you get a cool breeze. Which direction would the breeze blow in this illustration?

• left to right

• right to left

• top to bottom

• there would be no breeze

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Warm air rises at the equator and cold air sinks at the poles creating

• tornadoes.

• hurricanes.

• convection currents.

• the Coriolis effect.

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As warm moist air from over the ocean moves inland over a city, the moving air mass is blocked by a mountain range. Which type of weather is MOST LIKELY to occur?

• rain

• snow

• sunny skies

• low humidity

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9) A warm front is progressing northward ahead of the storm center while a cold front is sweeping southeastward. The cool air mass north of the warm front is already in place. As the storm intensifies, the cold front rotates around the storm and catches the warm front.

Identify the weather map that shows these conditions.

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The local weather station predicts thundershowers caused by a cold mass of air rapidly overtaking a warm mass of air. Which weather map shows these conditions?

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A land breeze is a cool breeze that blows from the land out to the sea at night. How are land breezes formed?

• Land breezes blow when Earth spins on its axis.

• Land breezes blow when the temperatures are very low.

• Land breezes blow when land loses heat and cools down faster.

• Land breezes blow when the ocean loses heat and cools down fast.

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