Climate and Weather Review

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The short-term changes in the air for a given place and time is ______.

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weather

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Which is NOT true of climate? Options: it is a region's average weather conditions over a long period, it is based on data and experience, it is what the weather for a place is usually like during a certain time of year, it is the temperature and precipitation from hour to hour

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it is the temperature and precipitation from hour to hour

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Earth's tilt on its axis and movement around the sun create ____.

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seasons

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Earth's spherical shapes causes places near the ___ to be closer to the sun, thus warmer.

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equator

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As warm air rises, cooler air moves in to take its place, creating ___.

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wind

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Earth's ___ causes prevailing winds to curve east or west rather than flowing directly north or south.

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rotation

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Which is NOT true about prevailing winds? Options: they blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth, they can make a region warmer, colder, drier, or wetter, winds in the middle latitudes blow in a westerly direction, winds that form from cold air and pass over land often carry moisture

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winds that form from cold air and pass over land often carry moisture

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_____, or large streams of surface seawater, move heat around the Earth.

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Ocean currents

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Large bodies of water make the temperature of the land nearby ______.

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milder

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The place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet is a ___.

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