5.E.1.2 Predicting the Weather

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Which type of weather is usually associated with a cumulus cloud? Options: fair, humid, foggy, stormy

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fair

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On a cold, cloudy day, the local weather forecaster predicts that a high-pressure system will arrive within the next 24 hours. Which weather condition will this system likely bring?

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sunny

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Ohio often has the weather that Indiana recently had because weather in the United States moves from

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west to east

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Which type of cloud is mostly often visible during fair weather? Options: altostratus, cirrus, cumulonimbus, stratus

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cirrus

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C

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Which information would be most helpful in determining the climate of an area? Options: news of yesterday's weather, today's forecast, temperature records from the previous month, local weather station weather records from the last ten years

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local weather station weather records from the last ten years

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Which type of weather would most likely accompany dark nimbostratus clouds?

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steady rain showers

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Which best explains why it is important for people to be able to identify cumulonimbus clouds?

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Cumulonimbus clouds can cause severe thunderstorms.

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Which instrument is used to record average precipitation?

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rain gauge

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What weather change is most likely to happen if air pressure is falling?

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The weather will become stormy.