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What factor controls how strongly winds blow?
a) the air pressure gradient
b) the Coriolis effect
c) the temperature
d) the layer of the atmosphere

Why do winds spin around high pressure and low pressure systems?
a) The Coriolis effect
b) the pressure gradient
c) the temperature
d) the layer of the atmosphere

A barometric trend on a weather station model that reads +32 means
a) The air pressure has gone up by 3.2mb in the past 3 hours
b) The air pressure has gone down by 3.2mb in the past 3 hours
c) The air pressure has gone up by 32mb in the past 3 hours
d) The air pressure has gone down by 32mb in the past 3 hours

The air behind a warm front is
a) warm
b) cold
c)
d)

When air is lifted orographically, the windward side of the mountain closest to the ocean will be
a) wetter than the leward side
b) drier than the leward side
c) colder than the leward side
d) the same as the leward side

A cP air mass has
a) cool, dry air
b) warm, dry air
c) cool, wet air
d) warm, wet air

Air masses are defined according to
a) temperature and relative humidity
b) temperature and pressure
c) relative humidity and pressure
d) relative humidity and density

An air pressure of 1006.4mb on a weather station model would be written
a) 064
b) 64
c) 1006.4
d) 06.4

Which layer of the atmosphere has the ozone layer?
a) the stratosphere
b) the mesosphere
c) the thermosphere
d) the troposphere

Which layer of the atmosphere has all of Earth's weather?
a) troposphere
b) thermosphere
c) stratosphere
d) mesosphere

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