When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and yu have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

• warm front

• stationary front

• cold front

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What will the weather be like in the Florida panhandle if the green highlighted air mass moves in?

• warm and dry

• cold and humid

• warm and windy

• cold and dry

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A front is

• where arm air is cooling at Earth's surface

• a line where two different air masses meet

• a line where hot and cold air are separating

• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

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Why do storms move from the west coast of America to the East cost?

• gulf stream

• sea breezes

• uneven heating of Earth

• jet stream

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What type of weather can you expect if you are located in between a high pressure and a low pressure area?

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When energy from the sun hits the ground it warms the air above land, this warm air rises. Along a coastline, cooler air above the oceans flows toward the land to replace this rising air. Which of the following describe these processes? Choose all the that apply.

• conduction

• translation

• convection

• radiation

• precipitation

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What causes wind?

• uneven heating of the Earth

• the Gulf stream heating the air above it

• the jet stream

• the rotation of the Earth on it's axis

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A cold front usually brings what kind of weather? Select all that apply

• light rain and wind

• clouds and storms

• winds and water

• temperature and precipitation

• strong winds

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Air travels

• from high pressure to low pressure

• from low pressure to high pressure

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A front has moved through. We went through some light rain and cloudy skies before the temperatures went up a bit. What type of front did we get?

• stationary front

• occluded front

• cold front

• warm front

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