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The picture below shows a 24-hour weather map for Texas.

What does the map indicate the weather will be for Alex's city?

• Stormy weather caused by a cold front.

• Clear weather caused by an area of high pressure.

• Clear weather caused by a cold front.

• Stormy weather caused by an area of high pressure.

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How do weather fronts affect the formation of tornadoes?

• Tornadoes can form when one weather front moves in a circle.

• Tornadoes can form when one weather front reverses direction.

• Tornadoes can form when two weather fronts pass one another.

• Tornadoes can form when two weather fronts move into one other.

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What is a large body of air that is horizontally uniform in characteristics such as temperature and humidity?

• an air mass

• a hurricane

• a tornado

• a weather front

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The graphs below provide information about Earth's oceans and the tropical storms that form in them.

 Which explanation BEST interprets the data in the two graphs?

• Tropical storms form in areas with cool ocean water where evaporation increases.

• Tropical storms form in areas with cool ocean water where evaporation decreases.

• Tropical storms form in areas with warm ocean water where evaporation decreases.

• Tropical storms form in areas with warm ocean water where evaporation increases.

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Which letter represents amplitude? (a)  

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Communicate results

Conduct experiment

Analyze results

Form a hypothesis

Ask a question

Draw conclusions

Which statement best describes the amount of atmospheric moisture required to form tropical storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes?

• A low amount of atmospheric moisture is required because cool air masses are involved in their formation and cool air masses carry less moisture.

• A low amount of atmospheric moisture is required because warm air masses are involved in their formation and warm air masses carry less moisture.

• A high amount of atmospheric moisture is required because cool air masses are involved in their formation and cool air masses carry more moisture.

• A high amount of atmospheric moisture is required because warm air masses are involved in their formation and warm air masses carry more moisture.

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Terry was looking at a model showing why a breeze blowing off the ocean at the beginning of winter could cause the temperatures at the beach to be warmer than the temperatures farther inland? Which conclusion could she make to describe what the model showed?

• The ocean is absorbing more heat than the land and losing heat more slowly than the land, causing temperatures to stay warmer.

• The ocean is absorbing more heat than the land and losing heat faster than the land, causing temperatures to stay warmer.

• The ocean is absorbing less heat than the land and losing heat more slowly than the land, causing temperatures to stay warmer.

• The ocean is absorbing less heat than the land and losing heat faster than the land, causing temperatures to stay warmer.

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The graph shows the relationship between the surface temperature of the sea and the intensity of a hurricane.

Which BEST describes the relationship shown in the graph?

• Cooler ocean water can create less powerful hurricanes due to increased evaporation.

• Cooler ocean water can create more powerful hurricanes due to decreased evaporation.

• Warmer ocean water can create less powerful hurricanes due to decreased evaporation.

• Warmer ocean water can create more powerful hurricanes due to increased evaporation.

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The graph shows how temperature changes with increasing altitude through Earth's atmospheric layers.

Which statement correctly describes some of the data in the graph?

• As altitude increases, temperature increases in the stratosphere and mesosphere.

• As altitude increases, temperature decreases in the stratosphere and mesosphere.

• As altitude increases, temperature decreases in the stratosphere and increases in the mesosphere.

• As altitude increases, temperature increases in the stratosphere and decreases in the mesosphere.

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