Layers
Storms
Weather Map
Air Masses
Miscellaneous
100
The layer that we live in
What is the Troposphere?
100
This locally destructive storm is rated on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale
What is a tornado?
100
A line with red bubbles indicates this type of front.
What is warm?
100
Cold air masses form near the...........
What are the poles?
100
A South wind blows toward the South (True or False)
What is False?
200
This is the hottest layer.
What is the Thermosphere?
200
Storms are usually associated with which type of system, High or Low?
What is a Low Pressure System?
200
A High pressure system is easy to identify on a weather map because...
What is it is a big blue H
200
Dry air masses form over this.
What is land?
200
A barometer measures....
What is Air Pressure?
300
This is the coldest layer.
What is the Mesosphere?
300
Thunderstorms are associated with this type of cloud.
What is Cumulonimbus?
300
A blue line with blue spikes on it indicates....
What is a cold front?
300
When a cold air mass pushes warmer air up, this type of weather can result.
What is thunderstorm, snowstorm, or other violent weather?
300
This is the study of Weather.
What is Meteorology?
400
In the Troposphere, the temperature gets colder as you go (up / down).
What is up?
400
What are ice balls that fall from the sky during a Summer thunderstorm?
What is Hail?
400
This type of cloud means there are storms coming.
What is cumulonimbus?
400
This type of weather result from a stationary front.
What is days of rain?
400
This is the amount of water in the air.
What is Humidity?
500
The Ozone layer is in this layer.
What is the Stratosphere?
500
When a tornado has been spotted, the Weather Bureau will issue this.
What is a Tornado Warning?
500
Weather in the US usually moves from a) East to West or b) West to East.
What is West to East?
500
Areas of low pressure cause storms. This is because the air (rises / sinks).
What is rises?
500
A purple line on a weather map with alternating spikes and bubbles on the same side of the line indicates...
What is an Occluded Front?
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