Vocabulary
Weather Forecasting
Air masses
Water in the Atmosphere
Weather in the atmosphere
100
A cloud made of Ice crystals and forms high in the troposphere, is called what?
What is a Cirrus cloud
100
An anemometer measures what?
What is Wind speed
100
How are air masses classified?
What is the surface over which they form.
100
Refers to the conditions of the atmosphere at a given time and place.
What is Weather
100
On a weather map, what type of front is shown by a line with triangular points on one side?
What is a Cold Front
200
The temperature at which water vapor Condenses, is called what?
What is Dew point
200
A Weather map shows what?
What is Weather conditions fro a certain area.
200
When a warm air mass runs into a cold air mass it creates a?
What is a warm front
200
the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is Humidity
200
On a weather map, what type of front is shown by a line with semicircles extending from one side
What is a warm fronts
300
Convection currents make them grow upward and very tall, this is called a?
What is a Cumulus cloud
300
What measures air pressure?
What is a Barometer
300
What occurs when a cold air mass runs into a warm air mass?
What is a cold front
300
This is the percent of water vapor in the air relative to the total amount the air can hold
What is Relative humidity
300
What is the first sign of a warm front?
What is Cirrus clouds
400
A system of winds that rotates around a center of high pressure, is what?
What is an Anticyclone
400
Who is someone that studies weather?
What is a Meteorologist
400
A warm air mass becomes trapped between two cold air masses, this makes what?
What is occluded front
400
a measure of what the temperature feels like because of the humidity
What is The heat index
400
What is the first stage of a thunder storm?
What is cumulus stage
500
What is Heat index?
What is a measure of what the temperature feels like because of the humidity.
500
What are some ways that Weather data is collected? (there is 4)
What is Weather stations, weather balloons, weather satellite and weather radar
500
Two air masses stop moving when they meet, this makes what?
What is Stationary front
500
Why Precipitation Falls
What is The drop or flake falls when it becomes too heavy for updrafts to keep it aloft.
500
what type of front is heavy, but short lived?
What is a cold front
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