Weather Systems

The sun heats the Earth________

• when it feels like it

• differently

• unevenly

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This uneven heating causes global wind via ___________

• convection

• differently

• unevenly

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Global winds combine with the _________ Effect to cause Surface Currents.

• Cage

• Accordion

• Coriolis

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Meteorology is the study of ___________ and earth's atmosphere.

• weather

• oceans

• space

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Air and ocean ______ interact to cause different weather systems.

• animals

• currents

• storms

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______ fronts are masses of warm air shown as red half circles on weather maps.

• Fire

• Warm

• Cold

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_____________ fronts are a composite of warm and cold fronts produced when the two meet traveling in opposite directions. They barely move at all.

• Stationary

• Cold

• Occluded

Occluded fronts are a composite of warm and cold fronts produced when one front overtakes the other while traveling in the _____ direction.

• different

• same

• circular

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Most tornadoes form from _____________

• ocean currents

• dust storms

• thunderstorms

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To form hurricanes, you need _______ waters.

• warm

• cold

• freezing