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1
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Wind typically blow from areas of _____ to areas of ______.

A

High pressure to low pressure

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2
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The paths winds follow between cyclones and anticyclones are not due to

A

Temperature differences

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3
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The global winds that drive most weather in the USA

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Prevailing Westerlies

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4
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Sea breezes are caused by

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Land absorbing the suns energy more quickly than water does

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5
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Water cannot enter the atmosphere by

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Condensation

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6
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What is the prefix used to describe mid altitude cloud types?

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Alto

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7
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What types of cloud never rains?

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Cirrus

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8
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What is not associated with Cirrus clouds?

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Supercooled water

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9
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What type of cloud usually produce hail?

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Cumulonimbus

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10
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What is not a form of precipitation?

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Dew

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11
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Natural unpolluted rain water?

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Acidic

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12
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Winds tend to curve over great distances because of

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The Coriolis Effect

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13
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The air within a cyclone in the northern hemisphere moves what direction?

A

Counter clockwise

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14
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The dew point is the temperature when the relative humidity reaches?

A

100%

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15
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Liquid water below the freezing point

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Supercooled water

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16
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The shapes of clouds

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Sheets=stratus, piles=cumulus, curls=cirrus

17
Q

Large raindrops collecting other raindrops is called?

A

Coalescence

18
Q

3 types of solid precipitation

A

Sleet, snow, and hail

19
Q

What do the common reference point of Fahrenheit and Celsius point to?

A

Boiling and freezing

20
Q

What measures in C or F?

A

Temperature

21
Q

What measures in mm water?

A

Rain gauge

22
Q

What measures in kts?

A

Anemometer

23
Q

What measures in compass degrees?

A

Wind vane

24
Q

What measures in psi, Pa, and other units?

A

Barometer

25
Q

What measures in percentages?

A

Hygrometer

26
Q

Snow forms in what 2 environments?

A

High clouds and mid level clouds

27
Q

Fog develops near the?

A

Ground

28
Q

Frost forms on the?

A

Ground

29
Q

Hailstones form up high or down low?

A

Up high

30
Q

True or False: a northeast wind is one that blows towards the northeast

A

False

31
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True or False: the higher the temperature of air the more moisture it can hold

A

True

32
Q

True or False: The Coriolis effect increases as latitude increases?

A

True

33
Q

True or False; The horse latitudes exist in the northern hemisphere?

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False

34
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True or False:Some butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico

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True

35
Q

True or False: Nimbus type clouds often bring rain

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True

36
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True or False; Dew form when warm air cools below the freezing point

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False

37
Q

The scientific study of the atmosphere

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Meteorology

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