Jet Stream, Gulf Stream, El and La Nino

Which best explains what type of weather the Gulf Stream usually brings

to North Carolina?

• increased wind speed

• increased air pressure

• increased temperature

• increased evaporation

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A narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere that move from west to east

• Jet Stream

• doldrums

• equator

• polar easterlies

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The diagram above shows a weather map. Which city is MOST likely to experience the cold front first?

• Athens

• Dayton

• Marietta

• Steubenville

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Which lists some effects of El Niño?

• warmer temperatures and more rain

• warmer temperatures and less rain

• cooler temperatures and less rain

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How could La Niña affect weather during the summer in North Carolina?

• It could decrease wind.

• It could increase rainfall.

• It could decrease rainfall.

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Which describes a wind that moves from the land to the sea overnight?

• land breeze

• sea breeze

• trade winds

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During __________ surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific are colder than average.

• El Nino
• La Nina

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Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze
• sea breeze

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Air moves from _______ pressure to ________ pressure.

• high to low

• low to high

• high to high

• low to low

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What will most likely result when the jet stream moves south of North

Carolina?

• North Carolina will experience tropical weather conditions.

• North Carolina will experience hot, dry weather.

• North Carolina will experience mild weather.

• North Carolina will experience cold weather.

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