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- 1When air contains as much moisture as possible at a specific temperature, it is.C. both a and b
- 2Areas of low-pressure usually have.A.cloudy weather
- 3As indicated in figure 6-1, San Francisco is located at the same latitude as.A. Wichita
- 4Based on Figure 6-1, the factor that strongly influences the climate of San Francisco is.C. the ocean west of the city
- 5Climate is the weather.C. of a region averaged over a long period of time
- 6The instrument shown in figure 2 indicates barometric pressure.False
- 7Water moves between the atmosphere and the hydrosphere in the water cycle.True
- 8In California, hot, dry winds normally blow from east to west.True
- 9The wettest side of California's mountains ranges is the eastern side.False
- 10Mountain breezes are blowing into the valley shown in Figure 4.True
- 11Current conditions of the atmosphere are called humidity weather.False
- 12Figure 5 shows a climate forecast weather.False
- 13Figure 9 correctly shows how a land breeze forms incorrectly.False
- 14One important reason for understanding California's unique climate is to know when and where to guard against fires.True
- 15The climate of California is uniform throughout the state.not uniform false
- 16In figure 6-2 on the side of the mountain facing the wind, air rises, cools, and drops its moisture as precipitation.cools
- 17In figure 6-2 on the side of the mountain away from the wind air descends heats up and dries out the land.heats up
- 18Precipitation can be in the form of rain sleet snow or hail.Precipitation
- 19According to figure 11, the temperature in Los Angeles could soon be getting.cooler
- 20Evaluate the accuracy 15 as an explanation of the Santa Ana winds. Explain.Whenever there is a high pressure east of the mountains and a low pressure area in the ocean a hat and dry wind called the Santa Ana winds will called bow through the mountains passes.
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