UNIT CHAPTERS 16 & 17

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Which is the safest in a thunderstorm?
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Flooding caused by high waves would most likely occur during a
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Prevailing winds that travel to a region across a large body of water would probably make a regions climate
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How does a warm front form?
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A storm surge is a dangerous part of
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Which of the following biomes is always warm and wet?
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Which of the following is not a cause of an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
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Which of the following is the cause of the change of seasons?
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A maritime polar air mass that forms over the North Pacific Ocean brings what kind of weather in the Pacific Coast?
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How would an asteroid most likely change the Earth's climate?
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What causes lightning?
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Why does the equator experience about the same temperature year round?
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What kind of weather does a stationary front to bring?
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Seasons are caused by
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A tornado is dangerous mostly because of its
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Meteorologists track cyclones and anti-cyclones because they
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The main reason winter is cold or in Washington DC than in southern Texas is that
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What kind of weather wouldn't anti-cyclone likely bring?
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How to do prevailing winds that travel across large bodies of water affect the climate?
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What does the name Pangaea describe?
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Lightning is an electrical discharge between a positively charged area and
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Milankovitch theory explains
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According to one theory, what happened when Pangaea broke apart?
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If an asteroid of 1 km or larger hit the earth,
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How do wins behave in a cyclone?
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Which describes the eye of a hurricane?
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What kind of weather would an occluded front likely bring?
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A front form by two week air masses is a
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How to start hurting begin?
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Which statement about lightning is true?
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Which statement about tornadoes is correct?
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When the sun is at its solar maxima,
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What kind of weather is a cold front usually bring?
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Finding a high place to wait as a safety measure during a
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The Windward side of the mountain usually
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Which of the following statements describes an anti-cyclone?
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In air mass bringing dry, frigid winds to North Dakota info in the winter is a
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What causes changes in the weather?
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Which human activity is not thought to be related to global warming?
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Prevailing winds affect the region's climate by
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The most powerful storms on earth are
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The front that wouldn't most likely produce hot, humid weather after he appeared of rain is a
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Which of the following explains why one side of the mountain usually has more precipitation than the other side?
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Which of the following describes in air mass with the symbol CT?
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Wind moving into directions over a Prairie makes air in the middle spin. This is the beginning of a
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What does the geologic record indicate about Earth's climate?
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If there is a tornado warning for your area, you should
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Milankovitch theory states that
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A continental polar air mass forms in
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Which human activity is thought to be the most responsible for global warming?