Science Fusion unit 4

What is humidity?

• The amount of water in the air

• The amount of particulates in the air

• The measure of how strong air molecules push down on a surface

• An instrument that measures air pressure

Precipitation is part of the_____ _____

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_________is when a cold air mass moves UNDER a warm air mass and pushes it up

• warm front

• stationary front

• cold front

• occluded front

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A _________ occurs when warm air pushes cold air out of the way

• warm front

• stationary front

• cold front

• occluded front

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A ___________ occurs when a warm air mass and a cold air mass stay next to each other until wind pushes one away

• warm front

• stationary front

• cold front

• occluded front

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a stationary front causes violent thunderstorms

• true

• false

Answer explanation

A stationary front causes

many days of unchanging,

mild, and clear weather.

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The _______________ pulls cold air down from Canada to the US

• doldrums

• trade winds

• Coriolis effect

• polar jet stream

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How do ocean currents influence weather?

• They don't

• They pull all of the cold air into the deep parts of the ocean

• They control the direction of the Easterlies and Westerlies

• The water's surface temp. affects the temp. of the air above it

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Coastal areas affected by warm surface currents tend to have _____ weather than inland areas

• cooler

• warmer

• more stormy

• the same

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Coastal areas affected by cooler surface currents tend to have _____ weather than inland areas

• cooler

• warmer

• more stormy

• the same

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