Air Pressure
Which type of weather is most likely to be associated with a low pressure system?
A. clear
B. cold
C. sunny
D. stormy
What is stormy?
What type of front is most often associated with stormy weather?
A. a cold front
B. a warm front
C. a stationary front
What is a cold front?
John lives north of the equator and east of the prime meridian. Which season is it in July where John lives?
A. fall
B. winter
C. summer
D. spring
What is summer?
How does the ocean impact hurricanes forming near North Carolina?
A. The ocean provides warm water, which adds to a hurricane’s strength.
B. The ocean provides cold water, which adds to a hurricane’s strength.
C. The ocean’s winds absorb hurricanes, decreasing their strength.
D. The ocean blocks hurricanes from reaching land.
What is the ocean provides warm water, which adds to a hurricane's strength?
Which has the greatest effect on wind speed?
a. Precipitation
b. Cloud cover
c. Wind direction
d. Air pressure
What is air pressure?
Which best explains why weather across the United States continually changes?
A. the movement of air from the Atlantic Ocean
B. the movement of high and low air pressure masses
C. the distance between the United States and the Equator
D. the distance between the Arctic Circle and the United States
What is the movement of high and low air pressure masses?
A cloudy fall day has suddenly become very windy. Which will most likely be the result of the increase in wind?
A. The sky will become clear.
B. The sky will become sunny.
C. The weather will become rainy.
D. The weather will become warmer.
What is the weather will become rainy?
How does the ocean influence the temperature in North Carolina?
A. It causes higher temperatures all year long.
B. It keeps the summers cooler and the winters warmer.
C. The ocean has no effect on the temperatures in North Carolina.
D. The ocean causes the land to get much hotter throughout the year.
What is it keeps the summers cooler and the winters warmer?
On a hot summer afternoon, the wind speed increases and large dark clouds begin to form. Which weather conditions are most likely to occur?
A. clear skies
B. low winds
C. freezing rain
D. thunderstorms
What are thunderstorms?
Which best describes why wind movement is predictable?
a. Air moves from areas of low altitudes to areas of high altitudes.
b. Air moves from areas of high air pressure to low air pressure.
c. Air moves from areas of low air pressure to high air pressure.
What is air moves from areas of high air pressure to low air pressure?
How would a weatherman most likely predict the daily weather?
A. by collecting humidity data
B. by observing animal behavior
C. by collecting water temperature data
D. by observing the movement of air masses
What is by observing the movement of air masses?
Which weather pattern has the most influence on the weather in North Carolina?
A. polar easterlies
B. polar westerlies
C. prevailing easterlies
D. prevailing westerlies
What are prevailing westerlies?
What most likely caused Hurricane Floyd to move from West Africa to Cape Fear, North Carolina?
A. prevailing ocean winds
B. the increasing colder water
C. the pull of the moon on the ocean
D. a strong high-pressure system on the North Carolina coast
What are the prevailing ocean winds?
Which of the following best describes an instinct of a squirrel?
A. The squirrel appears to fly from tree to tree.
B. The squirrel observes humans cross the street.
C. The squirrel stores food in various places for winter.
D. The squirrel communicates danger to another squirrel.
What is the squirrel stores food in various places in winter?
In the winter, the air pressure has been decreasing over several days. Which weather will most likely occur?
A. clear skies and hot temperatures
B. clear skies and cold temperatures
C. cloudy skies and heavy snowstorms
D. cloudy skies and strong thunderstorms
What is cloudy skies and heavy snowstorms
At the South Pole, the Sun rises in March and sets in September. Once it sets, the Sun will not rise again until the next March. What happens to the temperature at the South Pole during its long night?
A. The temperature stays the same.
B. The temperature gets lower and lower.
C. The temperature gets higher and higher.
D. They temperature gets higher and then lower.
What is the temperature gets lower and lower?
How do sea breezes affect weather?
A. They bring warm air from land to the ocean.
B. They bring warm air from the ocean to land.
C. They bring cool air from land to the ocean.
D. They bring cool air from the ocean to land.
What is they bring warm air from the ocean to the land?
What prediction can be made based on a temperature of 78° F, increasing wind speeds, and swirling clouds forming over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina?
A. possible hurricane
B. possible snowstorm
C. movement of the Gulf Stream
D. movement of a high-pressure system
What is a possible hurricane?
Which best compares the circulatory system to the muscular system?
A. The muscular system transports red blood cells, while the circulatory system moves the body.
B. The circulatory system transports red blood cells, while the muscular system moves the body.
C. The muscular system transports oxygen, while the circulatory system transports red blood cells.
D. The circulatory system transports oxygen, while the muscular system transports red blood cells.
What is the circulatory system transports red blood cells, while the muscular system moves the body?
Which will be the effect of a warm front moving into an area?
a. Light precipitation will begin as the front arrives and remain after the front is gone
b.Light precipitation will begin as the front arrives and clear after the front is gone
c. Skies will clear as clouds are moved by the front and grow cloudy after the front is gone
d. Skies will clear as clouds are moved by the front and remain clear after the front is gone.
What is light precipitation will begin as the front arrives and clear after the front is gone.
A cold air mass is moving toward a warm air mass, and nimbostratus clouds are observed in the sky. Which weather conditions are most likely?
A. a cool, rainy day
B. a cool, sunny day
C. a warm, rainy day
D. a warm, sunny day
What is a cool, rainy day?
What is the most likely reason that the temperature measures 14°C colder on this day compared to an average winter day in Dallas, Texas?
A. The polar jet stream dipped south of Dallas, bringing cold air from the Arctic region.
B. The polar jet stream dipped east of Dallas, bringing cold air from the Pacific Ocean.
C. The polar jet stream got faster and rose, bringing warm air up into the atmosphere and lowering the ground temperature.
D. The polar jet stream got slower and sank, bringing warm air down from the upper atmosphere and lowering the ground temperature.
What is the polar jet stream dipped south of Dallas, bringing cold air from the Arctic region.
The North Carolina coast has mild winters. Which statement explains why this most likely happens?
A. Coral reefs on the coast increase the heat on land.
B. Warm ocean currents transport heat from the equator.
C. More salt content increases evaporation to produce more winter storms.
D. Cold ocean currents absorb more carbon dioxide to stop climate change.
What is warm ocean currents transport heat from the equator?
How would being higher in the atmosphere cause water vapor to condense?
A. Higher levels of the atmosphere are drier which leads to condensation.
B. Higher levels of the atmosphere are thinner which leads to condensation.
C. Higher levels in the atmosphere have cooler temperatures that condense water vapor.
D. Higher levels of the atmosphere have warmer temperatures that condense water vapor.
What is higher levels in the atmosphere have cooler temperatures that condense water vapor?