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This is the symbol for a... 

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

• Cold Front

• Warm Front 

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What is the best forecast for New Orleans, Louisiana (yellow star) in this image?

• Warmer temperatures with gentle rain

• No change in temperature and slight chance of rain

• Cooler temperatures with clear skies

• Cooler temperatures with chance of thunderstorms

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Energy for convection on the Earth comes from...

• The sun

• The moon

• Solar winds

• The ocean

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______ affects weather and climate because it heats the Earth unevenly.

• latitude

• altitude

• atmosphere

• sunlight

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A high pressure system is located north of New York City. What type of weather will be experienced there?

• clear, sunny skies

• cloudy and rainy

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Which city will most likely experience increasing temperatures during the next 24 hours?

• St. Louis, because there is a low pressure system approaching

• Denver, because a warm front just passed

• Atlanta, because a warm front is approaching

• Houston, because it is not raining

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Which city is experiencing thunderstorms?

• Denver

• New York 

• Miami 

• Boise

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At which location (1,2,3, or 4) labeled on the map, will they most likely be prone to hurricane-like weather because of warmer surface temperatures?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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One of the major ways oceans contribute to weather systems is that the oceans -

• provide a diverse habitat for many organisms.

• store and transport the Sun’s heat energy.

• experience changes in amounts of dissolved salt.

• reach depths that can be as much as 12,000 meters.

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Most of the water vapor in the atmosphere comes from evaporation of water from oceans. Most of this evaporation occurs where there is the greatest solar radiation, which is -

• along the coast of Europe.

• around islands in the Pacific.

• near the Equator.

• at both of the poles.

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