Air pressure
Which change in weather conditions would MOST LIKELY affect wind speed?
What is a change in air pressure?
Which is MOST LIKELY to occur during a 24 hour weather cycle at the beach?
What is changed in the wind direction?
Which type of cloud usually produces thunderstorms?
What is cumulonimbus?
If a stationary front is over an area, what kind of weather is the area MOST LIKELY experiencing?
What is rainy weather?
A country is located in the Southern Hemisphere. Which season would the country experience in the month of January?
What is the summer?
In the summer, which weather condition usually results from rapidly falling barometric pressure?
What is stormy weather?
Which describes how winds blow during the day near the ocean?
What is colder air over the ocean moves toward the warmer air over the land?
What is a thunderstorm?
What usually results when a warm front collides with a cold front?
What is precipitation?
Which are MOST responsible for absorbing heat energy from the sun and transferring it around Earth?
What is the atmosphere and ocean currents?
James observes a barometer on a clear day. The barometer shows that the air pressure is quickly dropping. What weather will MOST LIKELY result from the drop in air pressure?
What is cloudy and rainy?
How does the Gulf Stream affect a hurricane that is approaching the coast of North Carolina?
What is the Gulf Stream carries warm tropical water that warms the air, causing the hurricane to gain strength?
Which part of the water cycle is occurring when warm, moist air cools and begins forming clouds?
Where would a cool, dry air mass MOST LIKELY form?
Which term would best describe the state of the atmosphere at any give time and place?
What is weather?
What results from high pressure over land and low pressure over the ocean?
What is land breeze?
Why do North Carolina weather systems typically come from the west?
What is because the Earth's rotation moves the jet stream from west to east.
On a hot summer day in North Carolina, Lindsay swims in an outdoor pool for several hours. Once she leaves the pool, her skin immediately begins to dry. Which BEST explains why her skin dries so quickly?
What is evaporation?
Which best describes a characteristic of the jet stream?
What is the main reason why it is less likely to snow along the coast of North Carolina than it is in central North Carolina?
What is because the Atlantic Ocean keeps the temperatures along the coast warmer than the temperatures in central North Carolina?
What results from low air pressure over land and high pressure over the ocean?
What is a sea breeze?
What is the MOST LIKELY result if the wind in North Carolina changes direction and begins to blow from the south?
What is temperatures will get warmer?
The sun shines on the lake and water vapor rises from the lake into the atmosphere. The vapor cools and becomes water droplets in the clouds. The droplets return to Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail in a continuous cycle. Which is the correct sequence for these processes?
What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
How are air masses usually described?
What is by temperature and moisture?
What happens to the air temperature on Earth as the elevation increases?
What is it decreases?