Global Winds
Collecting Weather Data
Fronts
Air Masses
Misc
100
Areas of Earth are divided into convection regions based on these.
What are latitudes?
100
Meteorologists collect weather from a certain place and place the data on one of these.
What is a station model?
100
This type of front can last weeks because neither air mass has enough energy to push the other.
What is a stationary front?
100
This air mass forms over water in cold areas.
What is a maritime polar air mass.
100
These are lines on a map that show areas of common temperatures.
What are isotherms?
200
The area near the equator what has very calm winds.
What is the doldrums?
200
Meteorologists use this tool to see where there are clouds in the atmosphere.
What is a satellite image?
200
This front can bring can bring violent weather.
What is a cold front?
200
This air mass has moist warm air.
What is a maritime tropical air mass?
200
When I go to the beach during the day, I get to enjoy this type of breeze.
What is a sea breeze?
300
A fast moving ribbon of air that circles the earth.
What is the jet stream?
300
Meteorologists use this tool to see where there is precipitation occurring.
What is a radar map?
300
In this front a warm mass catches up to a cold air mass and slides over it.
What is a warm front?
300
This air mass forms over land in warm areas.
What is a continental tropical air mass.
300
This is caused by the uneven heating of the earth by the sun.
What is weather?
400
Westerly winds get their name for this reason.
What is the westerly wind comes from the west?
400
Meteorologists use this tool to see how much moisture is in the air.
What is a psychrometer?
400
The weather that can occur in a cold front.
What is a thunderstorm or tornado?
400
This air mass has dry cold air.
What is a continental polar air mass?
400
This is the weather that occurs with a high pressure system.
What is fair weather?
500
These winds occur between the equator and 30 degrees.
What are the trade winds?
500
Meteorologists use this tool to see how high or low the air pressure is in the atmosphere.
What is a barometer?
500
This front occurs when a cold front catches up to a warm front that has caught up to cold front.
What is an occluded front?
500
This air mass often forms over areas of Canada.
What is a continental polar air mass?
500
This is an general rule that describes the role of convection currents when it comes to weather.
What is warm air rises and cool air sinks?
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