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What is thought to have caused the ice ages

Earth's Precession

What type of pressure change indicates stormy weather

Decreasing pressure

Why can bodies of water create microclimates

They cool and heat more slowly than the land around them

What fact do scientists believe provides evidence for the Big Bang Theory

All distant galaxies are moving away from us.

A tropical depression can become more powerful by

A tropical depression can become more powerful by gaining energy from the moisture that evaporates from warm water, and be developing a more well-defined circulation.

During the phase called the new moon the moon is not visible to observers on Earth Why not

The moon is between the sun, and Earth and reflects light back toward the sun.

On a weather map wind speeds are related to

the spacing of isobars is the correct answer

An air mass that originates over land in Central America is most likely

warm and dry

Which best describes the way sunlight creates global ocean currents

Sunlight warms the equatorial waters more than polar waters. The tropics receive the most sun because of the tilt of the earth's axis. The uneven heating leads to convection.

Clouds form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools to

Its Dew Point

Where are plankton eating fish most likely to live in a freshwater lake

The plankton eating fish are most likely to live in the warmer and more aerated sections of the freshwater lake. Plankton thrive in areas that are not too frosty.

When a cold air mass catches up to a warm air mass its called a what

When a cold FRONT catches up to a warm FRONT it is called an occluded front.

When a cold AIR MASS displaces a warmer AIR MASS it is a cold front.
Occluded front

What is an continental crust

Formed from slowly-cooled lava.

APEX;)

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.

What planet in our solar system features the runaway greenhouse effect

venus

Which statement is true of jet streams

The polar jet stream lies between the polar easterlies and trade winds

which is not part of the recipe for a thunderstorm to form

A cold front advancing

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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