Clouds
Fronts
Lines on a Map
Symbols on a Map
Forecasts & Weather Tools
100

The two characteristics of air masses that are the same throughout.

What are temperature and moisture?

100

Forms when two different large air masses meet and usually bring changes in the weather.

What are fronts?

100
Marked on weather maps as a blue line with triangles on it.
What is a cold front?
100
The capital letter H stands for this on a weather map.
What is a high pressure center?
100
The name given to a scientist that studies weather.
What is a meteorologist?
200

A low, sheetlike gray cloud. 

What is a stratus cloud?

200
A type of front made of cold, dense air. Rain, snow, thurnderstorms and sometimes tornadoes are caused by this front. Usually, the precipitation does not last very long.
What is a cold front?
200
Marked on a weather map as a red line with half circles on it.
What is a warm front?
200
A capital letter L stands for this on a weather map.
What is a low pressure center?
200

The tool that measures the amount of rain that falls.

What is a rain gauge?

300

A puffy cloud that brings nice and fair weather. 

What is a culumus cloud?

300
The front that forms when two air masses meet and neither one takes over. Often causes many cloudy days to occur in a row.
What is a stationary front?
300
Marked on a weather map as a blue line with blue triangles on one side and red half circles on the other side.
What is a stationary front?
300

Often represented by falling dashed lines.

What is rain?

300

The tool that measures temperature.

What is a thermometer?

400

The highest clouds in the sky, that look like wispy feathers.

What is a cirrus cloud?

400
The type of front formed when a large mass of warm air takes over the cooler air mass. Usually produce rain, fog, or snow that lis light but steady.
What is a warm front?
400

The vertical and horizontal lines on a map or globe that are measured in degress.

What is latitude and longitude?

400

Often represented by asterisks or stars on a weather map. 

What is snow?

400
The layer of the atmosphere where weather satellites are located.
What is the exosphere?
500

This word added to a cloud name means storm.

What is nimbo or nimbus?
500
The type of front that develops when two cool air masses merge, forcing the warm air to rise and become trapped. Usually brings wind and preciptiation.
What is an occluded front?
500
Marked on the weather map as a purple line with half circles and triangles on the same side.
What is an occluded front?
500

Often represented by a cloud with a lightening bolt.

What is a thunderstorm?

500

The tool that measures air pressure.

What is a barometer?

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