Weather & Climate Test Review

Hot air (RISES / FALLS) __________.

• RISES
• FALLS

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Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is:

• continental tropical
• continental polar
• maritime tropical
• maritime polar

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Warm air near the Earth’s surface rises and then cools and drops, this creates a _________________ in the atmosphere.

• run-off
• Greenhouse Effect
• convection current
• water cylce

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Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.

• more
• less

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What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

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Air travels

• from high pressure to low pressure
• from low pressure to high pressue

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The Coriolis effect is due to the __________ of Earth.

• revolution

• rotation

• shape

• density

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A balloon-borne package of sensors that gathers upper-level temperature, air pressure, and humidity is ______.

• a radiosonde

• a satellite

• a hygrometer

• Doppler radar

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A record of weather data for a particular site at a particular time is a(n) _________.

• station model

• topographic map

• isopleth model

• climate map

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What does a barometer measure?

• temperature
• air pressure
• dew point
• humidity

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