Air Mass
What type of air mass is warm and dry
Continental Tropical
Measures Temperature
What is a Thermometer?
What front does cold air abruptly move into warm air and creates thunderstorms?
What is a cold front
What causes wind?
The unequal heating of Earth's atmosphere by the sun.
Air Mass that is Moist and Cold
What is Maritime Polar
Measures Air Pressure
Barometer
What front moves warm air in and creates gentle rain or cirrus clouds?
What is a warm front
Winds curve rather than traveling straight due to the rotation of the Earth
What is the Coriolis Effect
What is an Air Mass?
A large body of air that extends for miles and miles
Measures Humidity
Hygrometer
Fast moving narrow belts of air high up in the troposphere that move weather across the U.S. from West to East
What is the Jet Stream?
An Air Mass has the same __________ & ___________ throughout
Temperature
Humidity
Pressure
Measures Wind Speed
What is an Anemometer
What type of front has cold, warm, and cool air meet and may cause rain or snow?
What is an occluded front
What are the 3 types of global wind patterns?
1. Polar Easterlies
2. Prevailing Westerlies
3. Trade Winds
(600pts) Air Mass that forms over Russia
Continental Polar
Measures weather and climate on Earth
Weather Satellite
(600pts) What color is H and what color is L
What is H is Blue and L is Red
(700pts) What is the difference between a land and sea breeze?
Land Breeze: Happens at night when the land cools down faster than the ocean--land breeze blows from the land out toward the water.
Sea Breeze: Happens during the day when the sun heats up the land faster than the water---sea breeze blows from the water onto land.