Cumulative Weather Test

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Decreases

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As you move upward sea level air pressure...

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Sun

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The source of all energy in our atmosphere

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Exosphere

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This atmospheric layer blends with outer space

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Troposphere

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The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs

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Stratosphere

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The layer with the highest concentration of ozone

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Condensation

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The process of water vapor changing to a liquid

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Sea level

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Due to the amount of gravitational force air pressure is greatest at ?

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Precipitation

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Rain, snow, sleet or hail are

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Airmass

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A large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops

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Stratus

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Low, layered, gray clouds that produce light precipitation

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Cirrus

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High, thin, feathery clouds

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Condensation

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Dew , clouds, frost are all forms of

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Sun

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Weather is caused by the interaction of air, water and the

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Cumulus

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Puffy, white clouds, with flat bottoms

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Isobars

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Lines on a weather map that connect points of equal air pressure

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Stratus

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Fog is a ______ cloud that forms near the ground

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Anemometer

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This weather tool is used for measuring wind speed

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Relative humidity

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A sling psychrometer is used for measuring wind direction

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Wind vane

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What tool is used to measure wind direction

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Jet stream

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Fast, flowing, narrow, ribbon-like air currents

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Front

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The place where warm and cold air masses meet is called

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Isotherm

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A line on a weather map that connects areas equal temperature

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Cold

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What type of front produces violent storms

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Tropical ocean

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Hurricanes from over

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Rise

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Along a warm front, the warmer, less fence air

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Fair

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A high pressure system would create what type of weather

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Hurricane

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Warm, moist air rises over the ocean, causing strong winds and heavy rains

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Troposphere, stratosphere l, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

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Name the layers of the atmosphere from earth up

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Stratosphere

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In what layer of the atmosphere would a jet fly to avoid a thunderstorm

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Ozone layer

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Harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun are primarily absorbed but

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Nitrogen and Oxygen

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Which two gases are found in the greatest amounts in our atmosphere

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Less water vapor

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Why would a town in the desert not experience early morning fog ?

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Warm to cold and cold to warm

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How do surface ocean currents affect climate

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Land heats cools more quickly than water

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What cause the formation of land and sea breezes

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Cool

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The jet stream flows from Canada, what kind of weather will bring ?

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Water vapor

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Clouds form from warm air rising, expending, cooling and becoming saturated, then _____

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Higher

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If the ozone disappears, life on Earth would expose to _______ level of UV RAYS

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Controlled

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In an experiment the variable that stays the same is called ?

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California

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This current affects North America by bringing in cooler, polar waters southward and cooling the pacific coast

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Tropics

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Air flow in this region of Earth results from the sun heating the surface near the equator, causing warm air to rise cool and descend near 30 latitude

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Lower ability to hold heat

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Why would a city in the middle of the continent have warmer summers and cooler winters than a city near the coast at the same elevation ?

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Gulf Stream

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This current brings warmer waters northeast, warmer the Atlantic Coast ?