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Ohio often has the weather that Indiana recently had because weather in the United States tends to move from...

• north to south

• south to north

• west to east

• east to west

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How do clouds help meteorologists?

• they let them know how hot it is going to be

• they tell them how cold it is going to be

• they help them predict the weather

• they don't help them at all

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How does the air move in a sea breeze?

• wind moves from north to south

• wind moves from ocean to the land

• wind moves from the land to the ocean

• wind moves from south to north

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Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze

• sea breeze

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What is the main cause of winds?

• amount of trees

• the moon's gravity

• amount of animals

• uneven heating of Earth's surface

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During a land breeze which way does the wind blow?

• from the sea to the land

• from the land to the sea

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A dry and cold air mass would be...

• Maritime polar

• Continental polar

• Maritime tropical

• Continental tropical

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

• Dry

• Wet

• Cold

• Warm

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What is a boundary area where air masses meet but do not mix?

• low pressure system

• super cell

• front

• high pressure system

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What direction is the cold front moving on the map? 

• Southwest

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Northeast

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