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<p>Hot air balloon part labeling: What is A?</p>

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hot air balloons/weather fronts/cloud types/ocean currents

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<p>Hot air balloon part labeling: What is A?</p>

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is A?

Parachute Valve

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<p>Hot air balloon part labeling: What is B?</p>

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is B?

Panels

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<p>Hot air balloon part labeling: What is C?</p>

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is C?

Skirt

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<p>Hot air balloon part labeling: What is D?</p>

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is D?

Propane Tanks

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<p>Hot air balloon part labeling: What is E?</p>

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is E?

Burners

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<p>Hot air balloon part labeling: What is F?</p>

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is F?

Envelope

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<p>Hot air balloon part labeling: What is G?</p>

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is G?

Gores

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<p>Cloud type labeling: What is A?</p>

Cloud type labeling: What is A?

Stratus

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<p>Cloud type labeling: What is B?</p>

Cloud type labeling: What is B?

Cumulus

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<p>Cloud type labeling: What is C?</p>

Cloud type labeling: What is C?

Cirrus

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<p>Cloud type labeling: What is D?</p>

Cloud type labeling: What is D?

Cumulonimbus

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Continental polar air mass what is it?

Dry and cold

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Continental tropical air mass what is it?

Dry and warm

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Continental arctic air mass what is it?

dry and very cold

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Maritime polar air mass what is it?

humid and cold

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Maritime tropical air mass what is it?

humid and warm

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An air mass is characterised by?

temperature and moisture

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Does low pressure rise or sink?

Rise

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Does high pressure rise or sink?

Sink

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<p>What front does this symbol represent?</p>

What front does this symbol represent?

stationary

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<p>What front does this symbol represent?</p>

What front does this symbol represent?

occluded

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<p>What front does this symbol represent?</p>

What front does this symbol represent?

warm

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<p>What front does this symbol represent?</p>

What front does this symbol represent?

cold

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what currents flow away from the equator and toward the poles?

warm

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what currents flow away from the poles and toward the equator?

cold

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what directions do currents go in the northern hemisphere?

clockwise

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what directions do currents go in the southern hemisphere?

counterclockwise

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why do patterns happen with ocean currents?

unequal heating because the earth is tilted

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what is the coriolis effect?

the earth is spinning and this causes wind and water currents to curve and make a circle

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