1. Is climate measured over: a. hours and days b. months and years?

2. Months and years

3. How does a latitude far from the equator affect temperature and wind? a.Temperature is colder and winds blow from the south to the north b.Temperature is colder and winds blow from the west to the east c.Temperature is colder and winds blow from the east to the south

4. C. Temperature is colder and winds blow from the east to the south

5. What does the barometer measure?

6. Air pressure

7. If the pressure is high, what will the weather be like?

8. Sunny, fair

9. What does the Gulf stream do to the coastal temperature In North Carolina in the winter? A. Keep it cold B. Keep it mild C. Keep it raining

10. Keep it mild

11. What does the Greenhouse effect do to Earth? A. keeps it hot B. Harm it C. keep it warm with a protective layer of gases

12. Keeps us protected with a warm layer of gases

13. A ___________ front occurs when two air masses meet and stop. A. stationary front B. cold front C. warm front

14. stationary

15. What is this symbol indicate and in what direction would it be moving?

16. Warm front moving northwest

17. What prevailing winds mostly affect North Carolina?

18. Westerlies

19. What is the huge air current that goes from the western U.S. and dips down through the south?

20. Jet stream

21. This measures precipitation

22. Rain gauge

23. A ____________front happens when a cold air mass slips under a warm air mass.

24. warm

25. A_____________pressure system brings rain.

26. low

27. Sunny weather occurs when the barometer is: Low or High

28. High

29. The sun heats the earth through: A. Conduction B. convection C. radiation

30. radiation

31. The earth heats the air by A. Conduction B. convection C. radiation

32. The earth heats the air by A. Conduction

33. Four types of precipitation are:

34. Rain, snow, sleet, hail

35. Water as a gas is called….

36. Water vapor

37. Big, high stacks of cumulus clouds bring….weather

38. Rainy, snowy

39. Cirrus clouds are ___________(high or low) in the atmosphere

40. high

41. An air mass is a large amount of air that has the same__________and _______________

42. Temperature and humidity

43. Stratus clouds are: A. Big, dark clouds that bring rain B. low, gray clouds that cover the sky C. puffy, white clouds you see in sunny weather

44. b

45. These form along the coast of N.C. in summer and fall and bring powerful winds and rain

46. hurricanes

47. What event could lead to heavy thunderstorms? A. cold front B. warm front C. high pressure system

48. A. cold front

49. What word best describes the weather in N.C.? Cold Warm mild

50. Mild!

51. What might tell us that fair weather is changing to story weather? The barometer gets higher The barometer gets lower The wind speed is decreasing

52. The barometer gets lower

53. In what direction does the jet stream usually flow? a.West to east b.East to west c.North to south

54. West to east

55. In what direction do westerlies flow?

56. West to East

57. What is the reason scientists think polar winds and westerlies blow in a curve? A. Because coasts are curved b. Because the earth rotates on its axis C. because of high pressure systems

58. b. Because the earth rotates on its axis

59. Which of these is an ocean current? a.El Nino b.Gulf Stream c.Jet Stream

60. Gulf stream

61. Which would be an example of a microclimate? A. The Highland Creek neighborhood B. The Piedmont region of NC C. Downtown Chicago

62. C-Chicago

63. When are you most likely to see cumulus clouds: A. Sunny day B. Very rainy day C. Foggy day

64. A-sunny day

65. What does this symbol mean? And what direction is it moving?

66. Cold front moving south

67. How is weather different than climate?

68. Weather changes daily

69. What could bring clouds and precipitation that last for several days? Stationary front High pressure area Warm front

70. Stationary front