This front is the cause of thunderstorms. Cold air pushing under a warm air mass causing the warm air to rise quickly.
What is a cold front?
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The weather instrument that measures wind speed is called a
What is called anemometer?
200
Large body of air that has the same temperature and moisture throughout.
What is air mass?
200
Gray, layered clouds that often cover much of the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
200
This air mass brings warm, dry air.
What is Continential tropical?
200
This front consists of alternating red and blue lines with the triangles and half-circles pointing in different directions.
What is a stationary front?
200
Air masses have different densities. Which once is more dense and has more mass?
What is a cold air mass?
300
The layer that protects the earth from harmful radiation from the sun.
What is the ozone layer?
300
These clouds are white puffy clouds that look like cotton balls.
What are cumulus clouds?
300
Name the 4 types of air masses.
What are Polar Maritime, Tropical Maritime, Tropical continental and Polar continental?
300
This front leaves behind warmer temperatures, usually has a higher moisture content, and results in clouds and light precipitation.
What is a warm front?
300
Continental tropical air masses are formed over...
What are land masses near the equator?
400
Amount of moisture in the air is
What is humidity?
400
Clouds are formed from?
What is water vapor that condenses?
400
Prevailing westerly winds move in this direction.
What is from west to east?
400
A red line with red half circles on it that point in the direction it is traveling.
What is the symbol for warm front?
400
Layer where the earth's weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
500
Explain the difference between weather and climate.
Climate is the average weather conditions of an area over many years. Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
500
List the types of precipitation that falls to the ground. Name at least 3.
What is snow, rain, sleet or hail?
500
A cold and warm air mass meet but neither has the force to push the other one.
What is a stationary front?
500
Two cold air masses converge on a warm air mass..
What is an occluded front?
500
A weather system with high atmospheric pressure, which air slowly circulates in a clockwise move in the Northern hemisphere. Usually brings calm, nice weather.