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What is high pressure?
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The Water Cycle, Meteorology, & Extreme Weather
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Lightning is caused by:
static electricity
rain
current electricity
thunder
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What is high pressure?
Hot air floating around
Colder dense air sinks
3
What is not an element of the water cycle?
precipitation
waterfall
condensation
evaporation
4
What does a meteorologist do?
Studies Planets
Studies Weather
Studies Clouds
Studies Rain
5
Water exists on Earth as a?
Liquid
Gas
Solid
All the above
6
Blizzards are dangerous winter storms with _____.
rain and wind
snow and rain
heavy wind and blowing snow
heavy wind and hail
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Front Weather Conditions: severe winds, clouds with precipitation, low atmospheric pressure
stationary front
cold front
warm front
occluded front
8
a rotating cloud that extends below the wall cloud and touches the ground becoming a tornado.
cumulonimbus cloud
hurricane
cirrus cloud
funnel cloud
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Which of these is an example of Extreme Weather?
A Storm
A Tornado
A Hurricane
A Blizzard
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Front Weather Conditions: rain, storms (but not severe), heavy cloud cover
occluded front
stationary front
warm front
cold front
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What is weather?
Condition of the water around you
Condition of the land around you
Condition of outer space around Earth
Condition of the air around you
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What does high pressure mean?
Happy weather
Sad weather
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What is NOT an aspect of a tornado?
flooding
clouds
thunder
wind
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What is the process of
Evaporation
in the water cycle
Changes liquid water into water vapor in the atmosphere.
None are correct
Draws back water vapor to the earth's surface
Changes solid water into water vapor
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What is extreme weather?
Normal weather
A Rainbow
Abnormal, or stronger, weather than normal
Rain that last a couple of minutes
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What does low pressure mean?
Happy weather :)
Lousy weather :(
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Which are examples of tools a meteorologist uses?
animals, tree leaves, and achy joints.
Microscope, telescope, and magnifying glasses
stethescope, static charges, and Richter scale
rain gauges, thermometers, and barometers
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WARMER AIR MASS REPLACING A COOLER ONE
cold front
warm front
stationary front
occluded from
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What is the center of a hurricane called?
rain-bands
eyewall
IDK
the eye
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WHEN THE AIR BEHIND AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT IS WARMER THAN THE COLD AIR IT’S OVERTAKING
warm front
cold occluded from
warm occluded front
cold front
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Look at the water cycle. What is pictured as number 2?
precipitation
evaporation
condensation
return of flowing water to the ocean (runoff)
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Define the water cycle.
Water that flows over Earth’s surface
The continuous movement of water in all its forms
The loss of water through the leaves of plants
A large mass of ice and snow moving on land
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Look at the water cycle. What is pictured as number 3?
condensation
precipitation
return of flowing water to the ocean (runoff)
evaporation
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The Enhanced Fujita scale measures what?
The standard way to measure tornadoes based on damage
The lightening in a storm
The way to measure energy behind a hurricane
The amount of rainfall a storm might bring
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Look at the water cycle. What is pictured as number 4?
condensation
precipitation
the sun
evaporation
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What is a drought?
An event were water floods a region
A event where balls of ice fall from the sky
A event where water is scarce
When food is scarce
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What is this front?
Stationary front
Cold front
Occluded front
Warm front
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Global winds travel along...
Wind Belts
Jet Streams
The equator
Wind Paths
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An F5 tornado is the most severe tornado rating.
False
True
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A fast and dangerous spinning column of air is called a...
Tornado
Tsunami
Hurricane
Monsoon
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Where do the most powerful tornadoes occur?
South America
United States
China
South Africa
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The water cycle has no starting or ending point.
False
True
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What is this front?
Cold front
Occluded front
Warm front
Stationary front
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What is low pressure?
More dense and hot air
Warmer, less dense air rises
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Which is not a force that drives the water cycle?
Buoyancy
Sun
Gravity
Moon
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What is this front?
warm front
stationary front
occluded front
cold front
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Where do hurricanes form?
Near land
On land
Near the equator over warm waters
On the north side of the equator
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What is the strongest part of a hurricane?
The eye
The waves
The eyewall
The walleye
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What powers the water cycle?
The earth
The sun
The clouds
space
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What is the name of the wind belt at B?
Prevailing Westerlies
Prevailing Easterlies
Polar Easterlies
Trade Westerlies
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A violent thunderstorm that can bring tornadoes
blizzard
supercell
air pressure
hurricane
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what is the most dangerous hurricane
Category 1
Category 5
Category 7
Category 3
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Most of Earths water is found...
B. in rivers and lakes
C. in the oceans
A. underground in aquifers
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Clouds are made of Water Vapor.
False
True
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Front Weather Conditions: cloudy or foggy
warm front
occluded front
stationary front
cold front
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What is this front?
Stationary front
occluded front
warm front
cold front
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What is a Storm Surge?
A another word for a powerful storm.
A storm gaining energy.
The storm suddenly lurching forward.
A rising of the sea as a result of a hurricane.
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What is another name for a hurricane?
Water storm
Cyclone
Typhoon
Wave
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Tornado season is roughly August-November.
False
True
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COLD FRONT OVERTAKING A WARM FRONT, LIFTING THE WARM AIR UP
warm occluded front
warm front
cold occluded from
cold front
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What Global Wind affects the United States?
Westerlies
Trade Winds
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COOLER AIR MASS MOVING TO REPLACE WARMER ONE
stationary front
occluded from
warm front
cold front
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Which of these tools would a meteorologist likely use to do his/her job?
Spring Scale
Electric Scale
Thermometer
Microscope
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How do thunderstorms form?
They form as warm, dry air rises and cools
They form as cold, moist air rises quickly and dries
They form as cold, dry air rises and cools
They form as warm, moist air rises quickly and cools
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A supercell happens when...
when super winds hit into each other and spin
when cold dry air travels upwards
when there is hail near a lake
when warm moist air mixes with cold dry air and begins to spin
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The part of a hurricane is calm?
The waves
The eye
The eyewall
The wind
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How does the water cycle influence cloud formation?
Evaporation and condensation create clouds
Transpiration and precipitation cause clouds to form
The sun carries water vapor into a cloud where they slide
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What is a weather front?
When an area is cold
Rain
Hail
Where two air masses meet
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What is the name of the wind belt at C?
Trade Westerlies
Prevailing Westleries
Trader Joes
Trade Winds
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Flooding is caused by:
the fish splashing
sudden melting of snow and ice
God was crying too much
an abundance of rainfall
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Front Weather Conditions: temperature drops, precipitation, potentially strong winds
occluded front
warm front
cold front
stationary front
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When does a Wall Cloud occur?
When a cloud base lowers from underneath a main storm
When a tornado just got done destroying a town
When lightning starts to strike down on trees
When the wind starts to whip around wildly
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The Coriolis effect is caused by the:
Earth's Orbit
Earth's Gravity
Earth's Rotation
Earth's Temperature
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TWO MASSES NEXT TO EACH OTHER BUT NOT CONVERGING
cold front
occluded from
warm front
stationary front
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What is the name of the wind belt at A?
Prevailing Express
Polar Easterlies
Polar Express
Prevailing Easterlies
