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Thermal physics, gas laws and weather
Clouds consist of ...
Sea breeze blows from the ... towards the ....
Thermal physics, gas laws and weather
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Sea breeze blows from the ... towards the ....
sea; land
land; sea
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Clouds consist of ...
only gas
gas and ice
gas and liquid
liquid and ice
3
What do condensation nuclei consist of?
photons
salt and dust
drops of water
oxygen and nitrogen
4
Powdery snow forms when it falls through ... air.
warm and dry
cold and dry
warm and moist
cold and moist
5
Air always moves from areas of ... pressure to areas of ... pressure.
low; low
low; high
high; high
high; low
6
When do tornadoes form?
when wind stops
when wind is spinning above the atmosphere
when wind is spinning vertically
when wind is spinning horizontally
7
When the sun warms the air, the warm air....
rises
sinks
stays where it was
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Warm air ..., cold air ....
sinks; sinks
rises; sinks
sinks; rises
rises; rises
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Water droplets fall as rain when they become...
too heavy
too numerous
contaminated
too light
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Ice crystals form around ... in the air.
dust particles
water droplets
nitrogen gas particles
rain drops
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Wind blows between areas of different ...
color
volume
pressure
mass
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Which air has a higher pressure?
warm
cold
13
Snowflakes that fall through moist are become..
large and fluffy
small and dense
dry and cold
powdery
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A cumulus cloud can weight as much as ... elephants.
1000
100
10
1
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When air heats up, its molecules...
move faster and shrink
move slower and shrink
move slower and spread out
move faster and spread out
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What can be the highest speed of a tornado?
40 km/h
4 km/h
400 km/s
400 km/h
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During snow formation, ... changes directly into ice.
water vapour
liquid water
ice
water plasma
18
On sunny days, ... will warm up faster than the ...
land; see
sea; land
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When slowflakes pass through warmer air, they turn into...
ice crystals
water vapour
bigger snowflakes
sleet or rain
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When the atmosphere is ..., warm air rises to greater heights.
stable
warm
unstable
cold