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Which type of front is associated with steady rain?
a) cold front
b) warm front
c) stationary front
d)

Which type of front often brings violent storms followed by fair, cooler weather?
a) cold front
b) warm front
c) stationary front
d)

What type of weather is associated with high pressure systems?
a) stormy
b) cloud and wet
c) dry and clear
d) cold and wet

Which type of front often brings many days of almost continuous precipitation?
a) cold front
b) warm front
c) stationary front
d)

What is a tornado?
a) a huge body of air that has similar temperature and humidity
b) violently rotating column of air; usually forms over land
c) swirling low pressure system with high speed winds; forms over water
d)

What term describes the amount of water vapor in the air?
a) air pressure
b) humidity
c) wind
d) temperature

As temperature increases what happens to the amount of moisture in the air?
a) As temperature increases, the amount of moisture of the air increases
b) As temperature increases, the amount of moisture of the air decreases
c)
d)

What term describes the temperature at which condensation happens?
a) dew point
b) humidity
c) wind
d) temperature

Which cloud is associated with continuous rain?
a) nimbostratus
b) cumulonimbus
c) cumulus
d) cirrus

Which cloud is associated with fair weather?
a) cumulus
b) cumulonimbus
c) nimbostratus
d) cirrus

Which of the following processes creates clouds?
a) Precipitation
b) Condensation
c) Evaporation
d) Transpiration

Which cloud is associated with stormy weather, thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes
a) cumulonimbus clouds
b) cumulus clouds
c) nimbostratus clouds
d) stratus clouds

Which of theses causes convection currents in the atmosphere?
a) Earth’s rotation
b) Uneven heating of Earth by the Sun
c) The rotation of hurricanes
d) Humidity in the air

the measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules in the air; depends on time of day, season, location, and altitude
a) air temperature
b) air pressure
c) wind
d) humidity

A Hurricane is
a) the result of weight of a column of air pushing down on an area
b) the measure of how hot or cold a substance is
c) the measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
d) a low pressure system with high speed winds (over 74 mph); forms over warm water

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