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WEATHER PRACITCE EOG QUESTIONS
1. Why do winds change during the day and night near
a beach?
A. The warm air over land sinks and stays there
B. The warm air over water sinks and stays
there
C. The temperature over air and the land
change
D. Cool air sinks over the land and stays there
2. How does air move?
A. Warm air rises and cool air sinks
B. Warm air sinks and cool air rises
3. What kind of weather would you expect in a low
pressure system?
A. Warm temperatures
B. Cool temperatures
C. Clear conditions
D. Cloudy conditions
4. What kind of weather would you expect in a low
pressure system?
A. Rain
B. Clear skies
5. What kind of weather would you expect in a high
pressure system?
A. Warm temperatures
B. Cool temperatures
C. Clear conditions
D. Cloudy conditions
6. What kind of weather would you expect in a high
pressure system?
A. Rain
B. Clear skies
7. How do air masses move across the US?
A. The trade winds move the air masses from
west to east
B. The jet stream moves air masses from west
to east
C. The trade winds move the air masses from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
D. The Gulf Stream air moves around the Gulf
of Mexico
8. How does wind move?
A. From area of high pressure to low pressure
B. From areas of low pressure to high pressure
9. Why do we have winds on Earth?
A. Because of the trade winds
B. Because of earth’s orbit around the Sun
C. Because earth receives the sun's rays
unevenly
10. Which has the greatest effect on wind speed?
A. Wind direction
B. Air pressure
C. Precipitation
D. Location
11. What kind of season would you experience in the
northern hemisphere in December?
A. Winter
B. Summer
C. Fall
D. Spring
12. What kind of season would you experience in the
southern hemisphere in December?
A. Winter
B. Summer
C. Fall
D. Spring
13. Which characteristic best describes the jet stream?
A. Rotates air in a high pressure system
B. It separates air from the equator
C. It forms a boundary between cold and warm
air masses
D. It is the air around a tornado funnel
14. Which of the below best describes El Niño's impact
on the earth?
A. Strong winds
B. Cold, icy conditions
C. Droughts, flooding, warmer ocean
temperatures
15. How is North Carolina affected when the jet stream
is above the state?
A. NC will have warmer weather
B. NC will have colder weather
C. NC will have tropical weather
D. NC will have mild weather
16. How is North Carolina affected when the jet stream
is below the state?
A. NC will have warmer weather
B. NC will have colder weather
C. NC will have tropical weather
D. NC will have mild weather
WEATHER PRACITCE EOG QUESTIONS
WEATHER PRACITCE EOG QUESTIONS
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