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The ________ is the temperature where water vapor condenses into liquid water and becomes fully saturated and shows the amount of moisture in the air.
a) Maximum percentage
b) ambient pressure
c) Mountain Dew point
d) dew point

If the amount of water vapor in the air is greater than 50%, it's considered to be _______.
a) a dew point
b) too humid
c) measurable by a barometer
d) winter in the northern hemisphere

What do we call the amount of water vapor in the air?
a) rain
b) sleet
c) humidity
d) maritime

The ______ is a force that deflects moving objects to one side because of the Earth’s rotation.
a) cumulonimbus
b) scientific
c) Doppler Effect
d) Coriolis Effect

Hurricanes gather heat and energy through contact with ____________.
a) the Poles
b) cold ocean waters
c) dry land
d) warm ocean waters

Most ______ in the US form from thunderstorms when warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cool, dry air from Canada meet.
a) hurricanes
b) tornados
c) hailstorms
d) blizzards

A _____ is a huge storm that can be up to 600 miles across and have strong winds spiraling inward and upward at speeds of 75 to 200 mph.
a) hurricane
b) blizzard
c) hailstorm
d) water spout

A __________ is a violent rotating column of air over land extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.
a) hurricane
b) tornado
c) hailstorm
d) sandstorm

A(n) ___________is a combination of two fronts that form when a cold front catches up and overtakes a warm front.
a) hot front
b) unblocked front
c) occluded front
d) maritime front

A ___________ is a boundary between two air masses that more or less doesn’t move.
a) portable front
b) modular front
c) mobile front
d) stationary front

A ________ is a boundary between two air masses, one cold and the other warm, moving so that the colder air replaces the warmer air.
a) hot front
b) water cycle
c) hurricane
d) cold front

A _________ is a boundary between two air masses, one cool and the other warm, moving so that the warmer air replaces the cooler air.
a) maritime front
b) polar front
c) warm front
d) cool front

A front is a line of separation between __________and _________ air masses.
a) moist and dry
b) tropical and warm
c) tropical and polar
d) polar and cool

The _________ air pressure pressing down on our bodies is at sea level.
a) smallest
b) most
c) least
d) greatest

A __________ is a boundary between two different air masses, resulting in stormy weather.
a) front
b) back
c) cloud
d) mountain

_______________ is the weight of air molecules pressing down on the Earth.
a) Air pressure
b) A front
c) A hurricane
d) A tornado

Meteorologists use a ______________to measure the pressure of the air when studying the weather.
a) thermometer
b) barometer
c) sphygmomanometer
d) galvanometer

Air pressure ___________as altitude increases.
a) increases
b) decreases
c) both
d) neither

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