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Water Cycle, Air Pressure, Air Masses And Fronts, And Hurricanes. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Outside it is 60 degrees and sunny, this is an example of what?
a) The weather
b) The climate
c)
d)

What is the effect on the global winds that causes them to turn (not go strait to the equator)?
a) Curve Effect
b) Coriolis Effect
c) Wind Belt Effect
d) Continental Effect

What is not en example of a convection current?
a) Lava Lamp
b) Water Bottle
c) Boiling Pot
d) Mid- Ocean Ridge

A latitude on Earth that will have the lowest air pressure.
a) 90 degrees
b) 60 degrees
c) 30 degrees
d) 0 degrees

Warm air is always denser than cold air. True or False?
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Air moves from _________ pressure to _________ pressure
a) High to Low
b) Low to High
c) Warm to Cold
d)

When high pressure (cold air) sinks and the low pressure (warm air) rises, this creates what?
a) Tsunami
b) Tornado
c) Snow Storm
d) Wind

As you go higher in altitude, the air pressure __________ making it harder to breath.
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Stays the same
d) I don't know

Clouds are made of water vapor. True or false
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What causes the water from a basin to evaporate?
a) Condensation
b) Runoff
c) The Sun
d) The moon

Gravity drives many parts of the water cycle, which of the following are not driven by gravity?
a) Transpiration
b) Precipitation
c) Infiltration
d) Accumulation

Hurricane Hugo was pushed across the Atlantic because of what wind belt?
a) The Easterlies
b) The Westerlies
c) The Trade Winds
d) The Doldrums

Air masses that are moving down from central Canada are most likely what?
a) Maritime Polar
b) Continental Tropical
c) Maritime Tropical
d) Continental Polar

Air masses are named for what characteristics?
a) Size an wind speed
b) Temperature and humidity
c) Humidity and wind speed
d) Size and temperature

The characteristics of an air mass formed off the coast of florida, would probably be
a) Warm and humid
b) Cool and humid
c) Warm and dry
d) Cool and dry

An air mass that has high moisture but is cool would be named what?
a) Maritime Tropical
b) Continental Tropical
c) Maritime Polar
d) Continental Polar

Within a low-pressure system, the probability of precipitation is high because the air is generally
a) Moist and rising
b) Moist and sinking
c) Dry and sinking
d) Dry and rising

Cold air masses tend to
a) Be less dense and flow over warm air masses
b) Be the same density and mix with warm air masses
c) Be more dense and flow under warm air masses
d)

How does a cold front form?
a) Warm air is pushed up by two cold air masses
b) Cold air pushes under warm air which is forced up
c) Cold air flows over the warm air
d) Cold and warm air meet and cannot move

What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?
a) Large amounts of rain or snow
b) Thunderstorms and heavy rains
c) Clear and sunny
d) Cloudy, wet weather for days

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