Unit 7 - Meteorology

Meteorology is the study of _____________.

• Long term weather

• Short term weather

• Climate change

• Global warming

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What two major factors drive all weather on earth?

• Heat (sun) and Moisture (water)

• The Weather Channel & its APP

• Rocks & Volcanos

• Storm Chasers & the cool car they drive

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The circular pattern of warm moist air rising, then cooling and returning to earth in the form of snow or rain is called __________.

• Circulation

• Convection

• Rain cycle

• Evaporation

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Air movement and wind on earth are caused by different materials heating up at different rates. This is called _________ ______.

• Hot spots

• Differential Heating

• Global Warming

• Nonsense

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Thunderstorms are formed when ____ _____ air meets cool dry air.

• Cold wet

• Hot dry

• Warm moist

• Cold dry

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Lightning is a massive discharge of ________ from cloud to cloud or cloud to ground.

• Sound

• Light

• Water

• Electricity

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Where is the safest place to be in a lightning storm?

• Under a tree

• In a car

• At home

• In the lowest place possible

If conditions are just right, the upward spiraling motion of air in a thunderstorm can turn into a _______.

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Lightning

• Thunder

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A tornado requires warm air to fuel it's growth, but a Hurricane requires _____ _____.

• Dry air

• Damp air

• Warm water

• Dry Land

Partly sunny and partly cloudy are basically the same thing.

• True

• False