Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
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Which is the BEST explanation for how air masses move across the United States?
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The prevailing westerlies move air masses from west to east across the
United States but may be deflected by the jet stream.
The trade winds move air masses from west to east across the
United States.
The jet stream moves air masses from the Pacific Ocean across the
United States
The warm air of the Gulf Stream causes air masses to move from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
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Which BEST describes a characteristic of the jet stream?
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It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.
It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.
It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North America.
It causes high pressure air masses to rotate clockwise.
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Which is the BEST explanation for how air masses move across the United States?
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Which BEST describes a characteristic of the jet stream?
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What is the cause of rising surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean, drought in
the western United States, and flooding on the Pacific coast of South America?
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What will MOST LIKELY result when the jet stream moves south of North Carolina?
