Jet Streams Review

What kind of weather would you expect if the jet stream met the gulf stream?

• cirrus clouds

• sunny skies

• sunny skies

• clouds, storms and precipitation

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What will most likely result when the jet stream moves south of North Carolina?

• North Carolina will experience tropical weather conditions.

• North Carolina will experience cold weather.

• North Carolina will experience hot, dry weather.

• North Carolina will experience mild weather.

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If the jet stream brought cold air south, so that the jet stream and gulf stream collide, you would expect...

• Winter weather is cool and wet.

• storms and rain over the ocean

• There is a greater chance of rain in winter.

• temperatures to be cooler because the winds are blowing from the polar regions.

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The Jet Stream helps weather systems come to NC by

• forcing winds to blow in the opposite direction.

• decreasing inland wind speed.

• moving air masses west to east across the United States.

• keeping temperatures consistently warm all year round

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If the jet stream moved south of the Great Lakes, you would expect

• warmer weather in the Great Lakes region.

• cooler weather in the Great Lakes region.

• the Jet Stream doesn't impact the weather of a place

• it is impossible to make a hypothesis about this question.

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When the Jet Stream moves south (dips low),

• North Carolina's winds stop blowing.

• North Carolina's weather is not impacted.

• North Carolina gets WARM!

• North Carolina gets COLD!

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If the Jet Stream moved north of the Great Lakes, you would expect...

• Colder weather in the Great lakes

• Warmer weather in the Great lakes

• Less humidity in the Great lakes

• Less wind in the Great lakes

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What kind of weather would you expect at the place marked "X" on the weather map?

• warm and wet

• cold and wet

• cold and sunny

• cold and clear

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What are jet streams?

• Fast flowing, narrow air currents in the atmosphere

• Slow moving ocean currents

• Streams of water in the upper atmosphere

• Currents of lava beneath the Earth's crust

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Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere do jet streams primarily occur?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

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