Water cycle
Winds
Severe Weather
Air Masses
Random
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Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of what?
Precipitation
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What occurs when cool air moves from the beach toward the ocean during the night?
land breeze
100
Which continent do hurricanes that hit North America form?
Africa
100
What front brings cooler and dryer weather?
Cold Front
100
What type of cloud is made up of ice crystals?
Cirrus
200
Water droplets forming into a cloud is called what?
Condensation
200
Air that moves from the ocean to the land is what?
Sea Breeze
200
Tornadoes rotate which direction in the north hemisphere?
Counterclockwise
200
What front brings warmer weather and usually long lasting rainfalls?
Warm front
200
What spews dust and ash into the air and can cause major affects on the earths climate?
Volcanoes
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The water in a rain puddle is heated by the sun and turns into water vapor. This process is called what?
Evaporation
300
What part of the hurricane has very little wind?
The eye
300
Hurricanes need what kind of water to grow powerful?
warm water
300
What describes air that blows down from Canada?
Cold and dry
300
What weather station tool measures rain fall?
Rain Gauge
400
Whats the correct order of water cycle?
Precipitation, evaporation, condensation, precipitation
400
North Carolina is located in which global wind?
Prevailing Westerlies
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What accounts for 90% of deaths during a hurricane?
Storm Surge
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What describes air from the gulf of mexico?
Warm and Wet
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What blows from Africa and can keep a hurricane from forming?
The Saharan air layer
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