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Regardless of the season, temperature of air always ___as you move away from Earth's surface higher in the atmosphere
a) decrease
b) increases
c) doesn't register on a thermometer
d) goes to high for the thermometer to read it.
What causes air to move upward into the clouds?
a) Warm air from near the ground rises and causes the upward movement of air.
b) Cold air from the ground rises and causes the upward movement of air
c) Heat from the stove transfers to the pot and cause rising air
d) Warm air from above the ground goes into the atmosphere then back down touching the surface and making it go up
Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
When the temperature of the air increases or gets warmer, the speed of the molecules/particles _____
a) increase
b) stop moving all at once
c) explode into a million tiny pieces
d) decrease
When the temperature of the air decrease or gets colder, the speed of the molecules/particles _______
a) decrease
b) increase
c) explode
d) turn into a puddle on the ground for the birds to bathe in
The process in which a gas becomes a liquid
a) condensation
b) evaporation
c) precipitation
d) convection
Hailstones are made of ______ and are often made in _______.
a) ice, layers
b) layers, ice
c) dirt, layers
d) ice, rocks
More evaporation occurs over warmer ocean waters.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Changes in elevation affect the flow of air over the land.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
The process in which a liquid becomes a gas is
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) transpiration
d) precipitation
Cold ocean water has less evaporation, which causes
a) less humid air to form
b) more humid air to form
c) more precipitation to fall
d) less precipitation to fall
Ocean currents bring___ water toward the poles and___ water toward the equator.
a) warmer, colder
b) colder, warmer
c) cold, hot
d) hot, cold
Warm ocean water evaporates more, which causes
a) more humid air to form
b) less humid air to form
c) more rain to fall
d) less rain to fall
The air that comes down from the North is
a) cold air
b) warm air
c) hot air
d) freezing air
The ocean is ___ near the equator and ___ near the poles.
a) warmer, colder
b) colder, warmer
c) warmer and warmer
d) colder and colder
The air that comes up from the south (Gulf of Mexico) is
a) warm air
b) cold air
c) hot air
d) freezing win
What direction does air move in the Northern Hemisphere (US, Europe, Asia) and in the Southern Hemisphere?
a) west to east
b) east to west
c) north to south
d) south to north
Air near the equator moves which direction, which is opposite of the air north and south of the equator.
a) east to west
b) west to east
c) north to south
d) south to north
What is weather?
a) Atmospheric conditions like temperature, air pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover over a short time
b) Long-term average weather conditions of a place
c) wind snow sleet hail rain
d) precipitation
Long-term average weather conditions of a place
a) climate
b) Weather
c) Atmospheric conditions like temperature, air pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover over a short time
d) wind snow sleet hail rain
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