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What is thought to have caused the ice ages

Earth's Precession

How are pressure measurements related to weather prediction

Decreasing pressure indicates stormy weather.

Increasing Pressure indicates better weather.

Why do bodies of water tend to moderate temperature swings from day to day

Water has a high heat capacity.

In the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis effect makes winds

bend to the right of their motion

The ocean current that flows up the eastern US and across the Atlantic is called the

gulf stream

The side of a mountain range normally has a desert

leeward

Clouds form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools to

Its Dew Point

What correctly describes the effect of volcanoes

They cool earth, due to the ash and gas released.

What is spaced closely together on a map to show there is a drastic temperature change over a distance

Isotherms

When northern hemisphere south facing mountain slopes form a microclimate because they are

Drier and Warmer

How does region has a low pressure and a high pressure system moves in. What is the best prediction about the weather from this information

How does a region has a low pressure and a high pressure system moves in. What is the best prediction about the weather from this information?

as a result of the coriolis effect an air mass moving from the north pole toward the equator will

Turn towards the right

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