Test EOG Science

What is the jet stream?

• Precipitation in North Carolina
• Weather over a long period of time
• Strong winds above the Earth's surface
• Football flying over the Earth

What flows does the Jet Stream have?

• West to East
• West to South
• North to West 
• South to East

Which best describes how winds in the jet stream blow?

• between a boundary of cold air and a boundary of warm air
• between two boundaries of hot air
• no pattern
• between two boundaries of cold air

The change of state from a gas to a liquid.

• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Evaporation
• Sublimation

What is A?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

What is      D?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

_{Which diagram shows the formation of a land breeze?}

• diagram Y
• diagram X
• neither 
• both

Why do hurricanes lose so much of their power when they hit land?

• they run into high pressure which kills hurricanes
• land is cooler than water therefore the hurricane loses the energy it needs from warm temperatures
• the land breezes shear the hurricane therefore making it harder for it to stay together
• the hurricane no longer receives heat and moisture from the warm ocean it uses for fuel

Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze
• sea breeze