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Gray clouds that often produce precipitation
a) Cumulonimbus
b) Cirrus
c) Nimbostratus
d) Stratus

What produces a halo around the sun or moon?
a) Refraction of light as it passes through ice crystals in cirrostratus clouds
b) Reflection of light
c) Clouds passing in front of the sun
d)

The pressure that results fromt he weight of a column of air extending from the top of the thermosphere to the point of measurement.
a) Front pressure
b) High pressure
c) Low pressure
d) Barometric pressure

What does low pressure indicate?
a) Stormy weather
b) Clear weather
c)
d)

What does high pressure indicate?
a) Stormy weather
b) Clear weather
c)
d)

What causes wind?
a) A lot of people talking at once
b) Differences in pressure
c) The same pressure
d) Storms

The curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation.
a) Gravity
b) Curving effect
c) Coriolis effect
d) Curling effect

Wind moving north from the South pole would travel which direction?
a) East
b) North
c) South
d) West

Winds in the northern hemisphere curve which direction?
a) East
b) North
c) South
d) West

Winds in the southern hemisphere curve which direction?
a) East
b) North
c) South
d) West

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