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Which of the following is NOT a non-renewable resource?
a) coal
b) natural gas
c) nuclear energy
d) water

When an air mass cools over a cool land or or ocean surface, it is called a what?
a) High pressure
b) low pressure
c) coriolis effect
d) sling psychrometer

What is it called when winds turn clockwise and there is clear fair weather?
a) Barometer
b) Low pressure
c) High pressure
d) Anemometer

What is it called when an air mass warms, either from being over a warm land or ocean surface, or from being warmed by condensation of water vapor in large rain or snow systems?
a) Low pressure
b) Rain gauge
c) Wind vane
d) High pressure

What is it called when winds turn counterclockwise and there is rainy/stormy weather?
a) Thermometer
b) Low pressure
c) High pressure
d) Jet Stream

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to oil/coal/natural gas energy?
a) Very noisy
b) Limited resources that takes millions of years to create
c) Need other countries to supply our needs
d) Air pollution is created

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to nuclear energy?
a) Radioactive waste
b) non-renewable resource
c) only near hot spots
d)

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to solar energy?
a) Very expensive
b) Waste water damages the soil
c) Must be sunny area
d)

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to hydroelectric energy?
a) Very expensive
b) Dams disrupt the environment
c) Must have a river
d)

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to wind energy?
a) Very noisy
b) Only in windy areas
c) Limited resource
d)

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to geothermal energy?
a) Need other countries to supply our needs
b) Only near hot spots
c) Air pollution created
d)

Which tool measures wind speed?
a) barometer
b) wind vane
c) rain gauge
d) anemometer

Which tool measures air pressure?
a) anemometer
b) barometer
c) wind vane
d) thermometer

Which tool measures air temperature?
a) thermometer
b) sling psychrometer
c) wind vane
d) rain gauge

Which tool shows the direction the wind is blowing?
a) rain gauge
b) thermometer
c) wind vane
d) anemometer

Which tool shows the amount of precipitation that has fallen in an area?
a) sling psychrometer
b) barometer
c) anemometer
d) rain gauge

Which tool measures relative humidity?
a) wind vane
b) barometer
c) sling psychrometer
d) thermometer

What is a narrow belt of strong winds near the top of the troposphere that moves weather along called?
a) Jet Stream
b) Coriolis Effect
c) Sling Psychrometer
d) High pressure

What is the force that changes the direction of solids, liquids, and gases to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere as a result of earth's rotation and shape called?
a) Low Pressure
b) Coriolis Effect
c) High Pressure
d) Jet Stream

Which of the following is correct for atmosphere composition?
a) 43 % Nitrogen
b) 71% Nitrogen
c) 78% Nitrogen
d) 100 % Nitrogen

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