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Q 1/25
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Which device may be used to measure air pressure?
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A wind vane
A barometer
An anemometer
A thermometer
Q 2/25
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While you are experiencing summer in the northern hemisphere, which is a likely statement about the weather in the southern hemisphere?
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The southern hemisphere is experiencing unpredictable weather patterns
The southern hemisphere is experiencing their spring season
The southern hemisphere is experiencing their winter season
The southern hemisphere is experiencing their fall season
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Which device may be used to measure air pressure?
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While you are experiencing summer in the northern hemisphere, which is a likely statement about the weather in the southern hemisphere?
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The jet stream is described as which of the following?
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Low layered clouds that are often gray in color are most likely which cloud type?
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A scientist who studies and predicts weather patterns is called a
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What is the difference in an anemometer and a wind vane?
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A student notices bright, puffy clouds in the sky. What is she most likely observing?
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On a summer day, multiple thin, feathery cirrus clouds can be seen in the sky. How would this observation help to that day's weather?
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When the sun warms water, which resulting process occurs?
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In North Carolina, the wind is blowing from the north. If the wind changes
direction and begins to blow from the south, what will most likely result?
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Which best explains why a storm that affects an area in the western United States
may affect an area in the eastern United States a few days later?
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Which best describes the cause of day-to-day weather changes?
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Which best describes a hurricane?
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Which instrument is best used to predict weather changes?
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Why are liquids used in some thermometers?
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On a June day, a warm, moist air mass slowly passes over a colder air mass in
North Carolina. What will most likely happen next?
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Which is most responsible for the movement of weather systems across the
United States?
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Which best describes how the Gulf Stream affects the areas along the coast of
North Carolina?
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Which is an accurate statement about air masses?
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What is the difference in weather and climate?
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The weather forecast indicates that a warm front will be moving into the area in
the next 24 hours. Which type of weather will most likely result?
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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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In North Carolina it rained heavily yesterday and there is a lot of flooding around, but the sun is now out and temperatures are rising. What would be the current conditions in the atmosphere?
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In Virginia, the weather is stormy and rainy and the temperature is slowly getting colder each day. What are the current atmospheric conditions?
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Which of the following is true about land and sea breeze?
