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What is the the air pressure generally associated with heavy precipitation?
Low air pressure
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This what you expect from year to year or by seasons
Climate
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This is the precipitation you are getting in a 24 hour period
Weather
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Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Photosynthesis
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What type of air pressure is usually associated with clear skies and little precipitation?
High Pressure
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What is precipitation?
rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
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If this statement describing weather or climate:
In Washingtonville, they often see warm weather around early June.
climate
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Melting ice from Greenland adds freshwater to the North Atlantic Ocean. This freshwater most likely causes ocean surface water to become
less salty and less dense
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Which human activity increases atmospheric carbon dioxide?
Burning fossil fuels
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Who makes weather forecasts on the news?
Meteorologists
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What is the expected weather when air temp and dew point temp are within 1-3 degrees of each other?
Lots of precipitation
High humidity
Lots of rain
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If this statement describing weather or climate:
It will be 90 degrees this week in Washingtonville.
Weather
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How does wind direction effect the weather?
Wind direction determines the weather and temperature of the air that is blown into an area.
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Forests are considered carbon sinks because they...
store carbon in trees, roots, and soil
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What is an atmosphere?
air that surrounds the Earth; made of a mixture of gases
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The name for how much kinetic energy molecules have; it is often measured with a thermometer.
Temperature
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What are the two wind condition used to measure wind?
Wind speed and Wind Direction
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Which sequence best shows a positive feedback loop involving melting ice?
Ice melts → darker surfaces exposed → more sunlight absorbed → more ice melts
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Dark dust and dirt on a glacier would most likely cause the glacier to melt faster because the glacier surface would
absorb more sunlight
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Why does it snow on top of mountains even in warm areas?
As altitude increases air's kinetic energy decreases(temperature decreases) and the air near the top of mountains is cooler allowing snow to fall and not melt.
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Which conditions are most needed for hurricane formation?
Warm ocean water, moist air, and low pressure
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A hurricane usually weakens after moving over land because it
loses access to warm ocean water and experiences more friction
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A cold front forms when
colder air advances and pushes warm air upward
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Prevailing westerlies generally move air from
west to east between 30° and 60°
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A continental tropical air mass moves from the southwestern United States toward the northeastern United States. Which wind belt most likely moves this air mass?
Prevailing westerlies