Openscied Weather

This describes how air circulates due to cooling and heating of air molecules.

• Circulation

• Spinning

• Convection

• Condensation

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How do temperatures above land and water vary during day and night? Choose 2!

• The air above land is a lower temperature than the air above water during the day.

• The air above land is a higher temperature than the air above water during the day.

• The air above land is a lower temperature than the land above water at night.

• The air above land is a higher temperature than the land above water at night.

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Why does warm air rise?

• Warm air is more dense than cooler air.

• Warm air has more pressure than cooler air.

• Warm air is less dense than cooler air.

• Warm air has a higher dew point than cooler air.

Where do you feel the wind hitting you if you are standing on the sand at the beach at night looking toward the water?

• on your forehead

• on the back of your neck

• on your face

• there is no wind

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In a sea breeze, the air is warmer above the _____.

• land

• ocean

• sky

• beach

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Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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What type of front would form when an air mass with a temperature of 89˚ F moved towards and air mass with a temperature of 65˚ F?

• cold front

• warm front

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Which two conditions are required for cloud formation?

• high humidity & warm temperatures

• high humidity & cool temperatures

• warm temperatures & dust particles

• cool temperatures & dust particles

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Rainy weather is most commonly created in.

• High Pressure air masses

• Cold air masses

• Low Pressure air masses.

• Dry air masses

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What type of environment should put more humidity in the air?

• Desert

• Rocky Mountain

• Beach

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