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1. Radiation is the transfer of energy
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2. Energy transferred by circulation of a liquid or gas is called
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3. What causes wind?
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4. What explains the fact that a pan on a stove gets hot when it is above a flame?
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5. What tool measures wind speed?
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6. Which answer best describes Earth's atmosphere?
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7. Why is air pressure greatest at the Earth's surface?
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8. What tool measures the moisture content of the atmosphere?
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9. Energy transferred as electromagnetic waves is called
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10. How does a mountain affect the weather on either side of it?
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11. What is the greatest problem created by the ozone hole?
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12. Lightning is an electric discharge between a positively charged area and
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13. What tool measures air pressure?
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14. The layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs is called the
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15. What role does runoff play in the water cycle?
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16. Energy transferred as heat through a material is called
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17. What are parts of the hydrosphere?
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18. What is the highest layer of the atmosphere?
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19. What causes differences in air pressure around the Earth?
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20. The protective ozone layer is found in the
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21. The thermosphere is split into the ____________ and ________________.
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22. The Aurora borealis  are caused by electrically charged particles in the
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23. Weather is
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24. Condensation is when water changes from
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25. Some ovens have a fan to circulate the hot air inside the oven cavity and to make food cook more quickly. What is this an example of?
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26. How does sleet differ from snow?
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27. What kind of weather would cumulonimbus clouds likely bring?
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28. In what part of the water cycle do clouds form?
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29. The area around the equator where there is little or no wind is called
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30. The layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn up is called the
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31. In the Northern Hemisphere, winds traveling north appear to curve to the east because of the
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32. What does a hurricane need to form?
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33. Which describes the eye of a hurricane?
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34. Which loses its heat faster, water or land?
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35. How does a warm front form?
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36. The warmth you feel when standing beneath a heat lamp is an example of what?
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37. Which describes an altocumulus cloud
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38. What kind of weather will nimbostratus clouds likely bring?
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39. What kind of weather does a cold front usually bring?
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40. A storm surge is a dangerous part of
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41. Which of the following increases air's ability to hold water vapor?
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42. What kind of weather would an occluded front likely bring?
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43. What happens when air reaches its dew point?
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44. Which statement about hail is correct?
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45. Which is more dense: ice, salt water, or fresh water?
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46. Evaporation is when water  changes from
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Radiation is the transfer of energy
Energy transferred by circulation of a liquid or gas is called
What causes wind?
What explains the fact that a pan on a stove gets hot when it is above...
What tool measures wind speed?
Which answer best describes Earth's atmosphere?
Why is air pressure greatest at the Earth's surface?
What tool measures the moisture content of the atmosphere?
Energy transferred as electromagnetic waves is called
How does a mountain affect the weather on either side of it?
What is the greatest problem created by the ozone hole?
Lightning is an electric discharge between a positively charged area...
What tool measures air pressure?
The layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs is called the
What role does runoff play in the water cycle?
Energy transferred as heat through a material is called
What are parts of the hydrosphere?
What is the highest layer of the atmosphere?
What causes differences in air pressure around the Earth?
The protective ozone layer is found in the
The thermosphere is split into the ____________ and ________________.
The Aurora borealis  are caused by electrically charged particles...
Weather is
Condensation is when water changes from
Some ovens have a fan to circulate the hot air inside the oven cavity...
How does sleet differ from snow?
What kind of weather would cumulonimbus clouds likely bring?
In what part of the water cycle do clouds form?
The area around the equator where there is little or no wind is called
The layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn up is called the
In the Northern Hemisphere, winds traveling north appear to curve to...
What does a hurricane need to form?
Which describes the eye of a hurricane?
Which loses its heat faster, water or land?
How does a warm front form?
The warmth you feel when standing beneath a heat lamp is an example of...
Which describes an altocumulus cloud
What kind of weather will nimbostratus clouds likely bring?
What kind of weather does a cold front usually bring?
A storm surge is a dangerous part of
Which of the following increases air's ability to hold water vapor?
What kind of weather would an occluded front likely bring?
What happens when air reaches its dew point?
Which statement about hail is correct?
Which is more dense: ice, salt water, or fresh water?
Evaporation is when water  changes from
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