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What is a land breeze?
a) air above the land surface is heated by radiation from the Sun, it expands and begins to rise.
b) at night when temperatures warms, the air stays cool from the ocean rushes to the shore.
c) it occurs at night when the land cools faster than the sea.
d) it is the same process as the sea breeze.

What is another name for a cold front?
a) low pressure
b) high air mass
c) warm air mass
d) cold air mass

Sea breezes includes all of the following except:
a) are a type of local wind
b) takes much more heat to warm up water
c) reverses at night
d) warm air will go out to sea at night

Air can move easily from place to place and this is often caused by a change in .
a) front
b) pressure
c) mass
d) none of the above

Wind is produced by
a) differences in air pressure
b) air masses colliding
c) the uneven heating of the earth
d) a new front coming in

Local winds include all of the following except:
a) blow over short distances
b) have 3 main forms
c) have breezes that you feel when you walk outside
d) form when the large scale winds are too weak

Cold air is ___________ than warm air.
a) heavier
b) ligher
c) milder
d) more violent

Warm air takes up _____________ space than cold air?
a) less
b) same
c) more
d) none of the above

What type of air sinks to the ground?
a) high
b) warm
c) cold
d) gusty

When air is moving, we call it
a) pressure
b) barometer
c) humidity
d) wind

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