Vocabulary
The state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
What is weather?
What is a high pressure?
What is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground?
What is a tornado?
A person who studies the weather
Who is a meteorologist?
What forms as warm air is forced upward, expands, nad cools?
What is a cloud?
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
What is a low pressure?
What is a large, swirling, low pressure system that forms over the warm Atlantic Ocean called?
What is a hurricane?
This shows the weather conditions using symbols.
This cloud forms in layers or smooth even sheets in the sky?
What is a stratus cloud?
a boundary between air masses
What is a front?
The temperatures plummet with this type of weather front.
What is a cold front?
When a tornado has wind speeds of 420 to 512 km/hour and it destroys everything in its path, it is classified as a ____________.
What is an F5?
Two full feathers on a weather symbol equals how many knots?
What is 20 knots?
This cloud is puffy, white, and often have flat bases.
What is a cumulus cloud?
The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms
What is dew point?
This type of front is stalled and rain may linger for days.
What is a stationary front?
What organization issues a warning or watch about storms?
What is the National Weather Service?
What does a blue line with triangles represent on a weather map?
What is a cold front?
What is cirrus cloud?
A measure of the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature
What is relative humidity?
What weather instrument measures the atmospheric pressure?
What is a barometer?
What is a storm similar to a hurricane called in the Pacific Ocean?
What is a typhoon?
What forms in cumulonimbus clouds when water freezes around a small nucleus of ice?
What is hail?
What is the root that means "dark rain cloud" in Latin?
What is nimbus?