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| Question | Answer | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| What cloud the forms near the ground? | Fog | One reason for global warming might be | The increasing of greenhouse gases |
| What cloud brings thunderstorms? | Cumulonimbus | Air moves in large patterns called: | Convection cells |
| What cloud is puffy and white with a flat bottom? | Cumulus | The curved paths of global winds and surface currents are caused by: | The rotation of the earth |
| What cloud cover large areas? | Stratus clouds | The most abundant elements in ocean water are ...... | Sodium, chlorine |
| Surface currents are caused by: | Winds | The measure of the amount of dissolved salts..... | Salinity |
| Which describes earth's atmosphere? | Oxygen- 21%, nitrogen- 78%, & other-1% | The cycle of water moving from the ocean to the atmosphere to land and back. | Water cycle |
| How do warm- water currents affect the coastal areas along which they flow? | They create unusually warm climates for the latitude. | What causes the moon phases? | The relative positions of the moon, Earth, and sun |
| What is the cause of the change of seasons? | The tilt of the earth's axis | What happens during a solar eclipse? | The moon completely covers the sun |
| What causes changes in weather? | Air masses move and meet | What is the current theory about the origin the moon? | The moon resulted when large body struck Earth |
| Air pressure decreases as what increases? | Altitude | The theory that states the universe began with a huge explosion. | Big Bang theory |
| The air we breathe Is mostly... | Nitrogen | The study of the origin, structure, and future of the universe. | Comology |
| Radiation left over from the Big Bang that fills all of space | Cosmic background radiation |