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What is precipitation
Rain, snow, hail, and sleet are all types of this
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What is ocean current
A continuous moving stream of water of similar temperature and density
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False -front is where two air masses meet
A front is the boundary where two ocean currents meet
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What is a warm front
Name this front where warm arm meets cold air
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Sunscreen reflects ultraviolet radiation away from your sin, it absorbs it before it reaches your skin and forms a barrier.
How does suncreen prevent ultraviolet radiation from burning your skin?
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What is a tornado
A funnel-shaped cloud with rapidly rotating winds
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What is the Jetstream
This is a belt of high-speed winds in the troposphere
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False - movement of global winds
The diagram shows that ocean currents move in predictable patterns
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What is a cold front
Name this front where cold air meets warm air.
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Would slow down the airliner because you'd be going against the high winds
How would a jet stream affect an airliner flying through it from east to west across North America?
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What is climate
Average weather conditions over a long period of time describe the what of an area
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What is an air mass
This is a large body of air
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True
Earth's atmosphere helps protect you from the Sun's harmful radiation
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Energy from the Sun warms the Earth and its atmosphere much like it warms a greenhouse. Like the glass panels of a greenhouse, gases in the atmosphere trap solar radiation
Looking at picture, how is Earth's atmosphere like a greenhouse?
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You should draw a warm front using half circles facing the direction in which the front is moving.
Look at diagram of Minnesota. Imagine a thunderstorm is about to form over the area. Draw a map that shows the front that will create the storm.
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What is Coriolis effect
This causes winds to curve to the left in the Southern Hemisphere
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What is a front
Another word for two air masses meet along a boundary
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False - when warm, moist air is pushed upward at a front
Thunderstorms form when cool, dry air is pushed upward at a front.
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The temperature inside would change with the outside weather conditions. The plants might not survive.
How might removing the glass panels of a greenhouse affect the plants inside?
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What is convection current
A loop of rising and sinking air or water caused by differences in density
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What is a thunderstorm
A small, intense weather system that generates heavy rain and strong winds
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