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Cards in this guide (18)
The position of the polar jet stream is usually somewhere between

Southern Canada and Mexico

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.

Which climate zone receives the highest insolation

The tropical climate zone receives the highest insulation.

What method of forecasting uses the effects of past weather conditions as part of its forecasting method

analog method

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

The property of water that causes it to moderate the climate around lakes is its

heat capacity

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.

Which is thought to be most responsible for earths ice ages

Earths precession..APEX! XD

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

Isotherms

What condition is required for all thunderstorms

For starters, the thing you will need for all storms is Low Air Pressure. So you will always need this for all thunderstorms.

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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