Air Masses
Fronts
Lines on a Map
Symbols
The Atmosphere
The Ocean
100
The two characteristics of air masses.
What are temperature and moisture?
100
Form when two different large air masses meet and usually bring changes in the weather.
What are fronts?
100
Marked on weather maps as a blue line with triangles on it.
What is a cold front?
100
The capital letter H stands for this on a weather map.
What is a high pressure center?
100

A name given to a scientist who studies the Earth's atmosphere and its phenomena, primarily focusing on analyzing and predicting weather patterns.

What is a meteorologist?

100

Where the most water is evaporated from

What is the equator?

200
An air mass that is dry and forms over land.
What is a continental air mass?
200

A type of front made of cold, dense air. Rain, snow, thurnderstorms and sometimes tornadoes are caused by this front. Usually, the precipitation does not last very long.

What is a cold front?

200
Marked on a weather map as a red line with half circles on it.
What is a warm front?
200
A capital letter L stands for this on a weather map.
What is a low pressure center?
200

Layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs

What is troposphere?

200

A circular motion of water on the surface (also known as a 'whirlpool')

What is a GYRE?

300

An air mass that forms over the poles and is cold.

What is a polar air mass?

300
The front that forms when two air masses meet and neither one takes over. Often causes many cloudy days to occur in a row.
What is a stationary front?
300
Marked on a weather map as a blue line with blue triangles on one side and red half circles on the other side.
What is a stationary front?
300

Represented in shades of green

What is rain?

300

Tropo is the latin word for

What is changing?

300

Connecting the worlds oceans, warm water circulates from the equator to the poles and back again.  

What is 'Global Conveyor Belt'?

400
An air mass that forms over the tropics and is warm.
What is a tropical air mass?
400
The type of front formed when a large mass of warm air takes over the cooler air mass. Usually produce rain, fog, or snow that lis light but steady.
What is a warm front?
400

Marked on the weather map as a purple line with half circles and triangles on the same side.

What is an occulded front?

400

Represented by shades of blue on a weather map

What is snow?

400

Wind and air pressure occur due to the rising of warm air and sinking of cold air. This is called

What is CONVECTION CURRENTS?

400

The largest ocean current in the world, having a major impact on the climate of Europe

What is the Gulf Stream

500

What does mP and mT stand for?

What is a maritime polar and maritime tropical?

500
The type of front that develops when two cool air masses merge, forcing the warm air to rise and become trapped. Usually brings wind and preciptiation.
What is an occluded front?
500

Lines on a map connecting areas of pressure

What is an isobar?

500

Represented in pink on a weather map

What is mixed precipitation?

500

As altitude increases, the temperature

what is decreases?

500

As water evaporates from the equator, it leaves behind the salt.  What two things happen next?

what is become more dense and sink?

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