NWEA Science

Which of these best explains how frontal boundaries can lead to severe storms?

• Cold air flows down the side of a mountain away from the ocean.

• Cold air remains over an ocean for an extended period of time.

• Warm air is forced up rapidly by a cold air mass.

• Warm air rises slowly over a cold air mass.

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Which weather tool measures Humidity?

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Wind Sock

• Hygrometer

Which weather tool measures Wind Speed?

• Wind Sock

• Weather Vane

• Barometer

• Anemometer

The boundary where two or more air masses meet is called...

• Anticyclone

• Air Mass

• Front

• Tornado

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A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture content throughout...

• Air Mass

• Cyclone

• Front

• Anticyclone

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Relative Humidity is

• exactly how much water vapor there is in the air.

• What percent full the air is of water vapor.

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What holds more water vapor?

• Higher temperatures

• Lower temperatures

What is the relationship between climate and weather?

• They are the same thing

• Weather is the long-term average of climate.

• Climate is the long-term average of weather.

• They are unrelated

A Rain shadow effect leaves that side of the mountain...

• green with lush vegetation

• filled with many different plants and animals

• freezing cold

• very dry

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Trade Winds and Westerlies are examples of

• Local Winds

• Surface Currents

• Deep Currents

• Global Winds

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