Influences on Weather

An air mass usually brings the weather of ...

• its destination

• its source location

• its path of movement

• an undetermined source

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Which statement best explains why weather systems usually move from west to east across the United States?

• Fronts move from west to east.

• The jet stream moves from west to east.

• Pressure systems form over the Rocky Mountains and move east.

• Weather systems originate over the pacific Ocean and move east.

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If city A is at the coast, and city B is far inland, which statement is most likely true if there is a cold surface current near city A?

• During the fall, city B experiences more hurricanes than B.

• During the summer, city B experiences cooler weather than city A.

• During the winter, city B has warmer weather than A.

• During the spring, city B has more thunderstorms than A.

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What condensation occurs near the Earth's surface?

• Fog forms.

• Precipitation falls.

• Water runs off into lakes and streams.

• Water evaporates from oceans and lakes.

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How does air flow in a high-pressure system?

• from north to south

• from south to north

• in the same direction as Earth's rotation

• in the opposite direction of earth's rotation.

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Which two processes would have occurred for the hurricane to form over the ocean?

• freezing and condensation

• evaporation and precipitation

• evaporation and condensation

• condensation and precipitation

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How can landforms affect weather?

• Prevailing winds spread out.

• The water evaporates in the ocean, then condenses and precipitates.

• Prevailing winds bring humid air over the mountains which cools, condenses into clouds and causes precipitation on one side of the mountain.

• The warm front moves over the cold front causing rain.

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What is a warm front?

• A mass of warm air moves over the top of a cold air mass.

• A mass of warm air moves under a mass of cold air.

• A mass of warm air is trapped between two cooler air masses.

• A warm wind blows.

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What is a cold front?

• When a cold air mass moves above a warm air mass.

• When cold air and warm air meet.

• When a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass.

• When a cold air mass is trapped between two warmer air masses.

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What is a stationary front?

• When there is no air movement.

• When a cold front slows down as it meets a warm front and there is very little movement of either one.

• When a cold air mass quickly passes a warm front.

• The opposite of a moving front.

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