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What is responsible for driving all weather on the planet?
a) the Sun
b) the Moon
c) the oceans
d) the land
Which kind of instrument is NOT used for determining weather?
a) barometer
b) anemometer
c) thermometer
d) spring balance
The cyclical movement of air caused by uneven heating, creating less dense areas of warm air moving upwards, then cooling, creating more dense areas of cooler air is know as...
a) Condensation
b) Convection Currents
c) Precipitation
d) Evaporation
The west to east winds that circle the globe in between the poles and the equator in latitude and just beneath the stratosphere in elevation is know as the...
a) Jet Stream
b) Polar Vortex
c) Hurricanes
d) Cyclones
The patterns of uneven heating and cooling of the Earth's surface due to the sun is known as...
a) Climate
b) Global Warming
c) Weather
d) Ice Age
The patterns of weather in a particular geographic area of the Earth over a long period of time is known as...
a) Climate
b) Global Warming
c) Weather
d) Ice Age
The effect of the Earth's rotation causing air and water to curve in its path of movement is known as...
a) Trade Winds
b) Easterlies and Westerlies
c) Air Masses
d) the Coriolis Effect
The envelope of mixed gasses held to Earth's surface by it's gravitational attraction is known as...
a) the oceans
b) the atmosphere
c) the mountains
d) inner space
How does air become more humid?
a) Through heating over the oceans
b) Through heating over the land
c) Through cooling over the oceans
d) Through cooling over the land
Which is the BEST description of an air mass over land, high in elevation, and very cold.
a) More dry
b) More humid
c)
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