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High, white, feathery clouds
a) Cirrus
b) Stratus
c) Cumulous
d) Nimbus

Thick, puffy clouds
a) Cirrus
b) Stratus
c) Cumulus
d) Nimbus

Scientist who study weather
a) Geologist
b) Meteorologist
c) Hydrologist
d) Volcanologist

The interaction of air, water and ____________ results in weather.
a) Sun
b) Moon
c) Wind
d) Humidity

Violent storms generally form along
a) Warm front
b) Cold front
c) Stationary Front
d) Occluded front

An air mass that forms off of the S.East coast of the U.S.A is
a) cold, dry
b) cool, moist
c) warm, moist
d) hot, dry

Raindrops that pass through a layer of freezing air near the ground become___________
a) Sleet
b) Fog
c) Hail
d) Giant Snow Flakes

Hurricanes form over________________
a) Temperate Zones
b) Grasslands
c) Polar Oceans
d) Tropical oceans

A _____________ forms where cold and warm air masses meet.
a) Flood
b) Climate
c) Cloud
d) Front

Low, layered gray clouds
a) Cirrus
b) Stratus
c) Cumulous
d) Nimbus

Which is NOT a factor that influences weather?
a) Temperature
b) Humidity
c) Air Pressure
d) Weather

____________ is the present state of the atmosphere
a) Weather
b) Climate
c) Wind
d) Troposphere

____________is the measure of the average amount of motion made by molecues.
a) Temperature
b) Air Pressure
c) Wind
d) Humidity

When the air is fully saturated, condentation will occur. This is called ______________
a) Humidity
b) Relative Humidity
c) Dew Point
d) Clouds

What forms when water vapor condensed around a particle of dust or salt?
a) Clouds
b) Dew Point
c) Wind
d) Condensation nuclei

Air flows from areas of_________________
a) Low to high pressure
b) High to low pressure
c) Up to down
d) Down to up

Lines that connect points of equal pressure
a) Wind
b) Isobar
c) Air Pressure
d) System

When isobars are close together it represents areas of_________
a) Low or decresing wind
b) Rain
c) High or icreasing wind
d) Clouds

In a high pressure system_____________
a) Air moves side to side
b) Air rises
c) Air sinks
d) remains stationary

High pressure systems have what type of weather?
a) Clouds and rain
b) Sun, but strong wind
c) Sun and calm wind
d) Storms

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