Definitions
Definitions 2
Definitions 3/ Word Problems
Word Problems 2/NJ ASK Practice
NJ ASK Practice 2
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Air Mass
What is body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure
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High Pressure System
What is a whirling mass of cool, dry air that generally brings fair weather and light winds.
100
Runoff
What is the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
100
If the Gulf Stream collapses what would happen to the area in Western Europe.
What is the western area of Europe would be dropped into record low of cold temperature and what some would call a sixth Ice Age
100
In the United States, in which direction do prevailing wind patterns tend to move? A. North to South B. West to East C. East to West D.South to North
What is B. West to East
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Air Pressure
What is the force exerted on you by the weight of tiny particles of air (air molecules).
200
Humidity
What is the state or quality of being humid, marked by a relatively high level of water vapor in the atmosphere.
200
Warm Front
What is the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
200
What weather usually comes with a low pressure system?
What is rainy and cloudy
200
What is the name for the boundry between two air masses of differing temperature, air pressure, and humidity? A. Front B. High C. Low D. Mass
What is A. Front
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Cold Front
What is the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
300
Jet Stream
What is a narrow, variable band of very strong, predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth.
300
Water Cycle
What is the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.
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What is the primary cause of the Earth's weather systems? A. heat energy from the thermosphere sinking to the Earth's surface B. the condensation of water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere C. the uneven heating of the Earth's surface by the Sun D. the flow of warm and cold oceanic currents around Earth's continents
What is D. the flow of warm and cold oceanic currents around Earth's continents
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Condensation
What is water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it. Or the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid.
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Low Pressure System
What is a low-pressure area, low or depression, is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations
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Weather
What is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.
400
In which of the following phase changes is water absorbing heat energy? A. Frost forms inside a freezer B. An ice cube melts C. Vapor from steaming kettle turns into water droplets D. Water in an ice cube tray freezes
What is B. An ice cube melts
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Evaporation
What is a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs from the surface of a liquid into a gaseous phase that is not saturated with the evaporating substance. An example is boiling water.
500
Precipitation
What is the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution. An example is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
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You leave a bowl of room-temperature soil and a bowl of room-temperature water out in the Sun. After 20 minutes, which will have the higher temperature?
What is the soil will have a higher temperature because the soil absorbs sunlight but the water just reflects it or evaporates.
500
A weather forecast says that a high pressure area will soon move into your area. If the skies are currently overcast, what will happen as the high pressure system moves in? A. A thunderstorm will start B. The rains will begin C. The skies will clear up D. Frost will form
What is A. A thunderstorm will start
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On a warm summer day, Raul poured a glass of ice water. He noticed that beads of water formed on the outside of the glass almost immediately. Which part of the water cycle did Raul see? A. water seeping through layers of rock and soil B. steam rising form a pot of boiling water C. Water vapor cooling and forming clouds D. Rain water striking a glass windshield
What is C. Water Vapor cooling and forming clouds
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