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Weather 2

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1
The ultimate source of energy for most wind is....
air pressure
air temperature
solar radiation
changes in humidity
2
Which process produced rising warm air when mountains push the air upward
localized convective lifting
frontal wedging
orographic lifting
convergence
3
On Earth, as altitude increases...
pressure varies with atmosphere layers
pressure is unaffected
pressure decreases
pressure increases
4
Air rising due to unequal heating of the Earth's surface is called...
orographic lifting
convergence
frontal wedging
localized convective lifting
5
What does relative humidity indicate?
how close air is to saturation
the amount of water vapor in the air
the ratio of water vapor to carbon dioxide in the air
the amount of heat needed to evaporate water
6
Air is most likely to rise when it is....
stable
unstable
cooling
dry
7
When air expands it ...
warms up
has more water vapor
cools down
becomes heavier
8
Which gas is most important for understanding weather?
water vapor
oxygen
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
9
The radiation that is not absorbed by the Earth's surface and Atmosphere..
is lost to space
converted to heat
reabsorbed by the sun
reflected into the clouds
10
What is this?
warm front
cold front
occluded front
stationary front
11
What is this?
stationary front
warm front
occluded front
cold front
12
As air pressure rises what happens to a mercury barometer?
mercury falls
mercury rises
mercury changes temperature
mercury changes color