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What does a hurricane need for its strength?
a) dry warm air
b) warm ocean water
c) cool dry land
d)

Air that has the same temperature and moisture
a) wind
b) air mass
c) front
d)

What does a thunderstorm need to start?
a) moist, low pressure
b) moist, high pressure
c) dry, low pressure
d)

Cold air pushes warm air up, thunderstorms and cooler air
a) cold front
b) warm front
c)
d)

Weather conditions over a long period of time
a) climate
b) weather
c)
d)

What causes the winds to curve in the hemispheres?
a) revolution of Earth
b) rotation of Earth(Coriolis effect)
c)
d)

Which wind system affects our weather?
a) trade winds
b) westerlies
c) doldrums
d)

The __________ gets the most sun's rays
a) North pole
b) Oceans
c) equator
d)

What causes wind?
a) sun's heat
b) unequal heating of the Earth
c)
d)

The _______ causes water to evaporate
a) moon
b) sun
c) wind
d)

Most of our water vapor comes from
a) rivers
b) lakes
c) oceans
d)

Air always moves from _________ to ________
a) high, low
b) low, high
c)
d)

Warm air moves in and replaces cold air(cold air is moving away)
a) cold front
b) warm front
c)
d)

Breeze moving from the sea to the land during the day
a) Land breeze
b) Sea breeze
c)
d)

Breeze moving from the land to the sea during the night
a) Land breeze
b) Sea breeze
c)
d)

The calm center of a hurricane is called the _____
a) eye
b) eye wall
c) outer bands
d)

Touching a hot spoon is called
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d)

Heat moving through a gas/liquid, warm rises and cold falls
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d)

The sun heats the water which changes from a liquid to a gas
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) precipitation
d)

Water vapor rises into the atmosphere, cools, and becomes clouds
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) precipitation
d)

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