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8th Q1 Quiz #4

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Question 1

1.

What kind of wind blows cool air from land to water?

valley breeze

sea breeze

mountain breeze

land breeze

Question 2

2.

The Coriolis effect provides evidence that _____________________.

Earth rotates on its axis.

Earth revolves around the sun.

The moon revolves around Earth.

Earth has an elliptical orbit.

Question 3

3.

Which processes remove water vapor from the air?

evaporation and transpiration

transpiration and condensation

condensation and precipitation

precipitation and evaporation

Question 4

4.

Continental polar, maritime polar, continental tropical and maritime tropical are all types of _____________.

storms

air flow

air masses

wind belt

Question 5

5.

Storms along a cold front are usually short-lived and sometimes violent, while storms along a warm front:

are short-lived and weak

produce precipitation over a large area and are occasinally violent

are narrow and produce little rain, and are always violent

are long-lived but always weak