The highest cloud in the atmosphere. It is made of ice crystals and predicts fair weather.
What is cirrus?
100
the ultimate source of energy for everything on Earth
What is the sun?
100
Most warm and cold air masses that enter North Carolina are moved by global winds. Which global winds are responsible for most of the local weather in North Carolina.
What is prevailing westerlies?
100
this meteorologist's tool helps him/her predict severe weather from many miles away
What is a radar?
100
this weather instrument measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
200
This cloud predicts thunderstorms
What is cumulonimbus?
200
climate is the average of an area's ____________ over a long period of time
What is weather?
200
This mass of approaching cold air predicts storms or severe weather and cooler temperatures
What is a cold front?
200
this swirling funnel is hard to predict and is measured on the Fujita scale
What is a tornado?
200
This front occurs when a warm air mass is flipped above a cold and/or cooler air mass and results in severe weather
What is an occluded front?
300
This cloud is a flat, gray blanket and can be located near the ground as fog
What is stratus?
300
List the four major things that meteorologists gather data on to help predict the weather
What is air pressure, humidity, temperature, and wind?
300
the type of pressure system that predicts fair and/or sunny weather
What is high pressure?
300
the calm in the middle of a hurricane
What is the eye?
300
this is water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
400
This cloud prefix means "rain"
What is nimbo?
400
the layer of atmosphere where most weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
400
Which weather change is most likely indicated by rapidly falling air pressure?
What is a storm is approaching?
400
hurricanes that form over the Atlantic Ocean begin as a warm air mass over which continent?
What is Africa?
400
This weather instrument measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500
What do water droplets form around during the condensation process?
What are dust particles?
500
list the five factors that influence climate
What are latitude/location, bodies of water, altitude, winds, and topography?
500
What would most likely characterize the properties of an air mass which formed over the Gulf of Mexico?
What is warm and moist?
500
the eye of a hurricane is formed by opposing areas of ______________
What is air pressure?
500
this is the tendency of winds in the northern hemisphere to curve to the right as the Earth rotates