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Which of these is NOT a standard weather variable?
a. Air Pressure
b. Moon Phase
c. Temperature
d. Wind Speed
b. Moon Phase
The natural process in which water constantly moves among ocean, land, and the atmosphere is called the ______________________.
Water Cycle
The humidity in the air compared to the amount air can hold is the ________________.
Relative Humidity
Which is an intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119 km/h?
Hurricane
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What air mass is humid and warm?
Maritime tropical
A(n) ____________ is a boundary between two air masses.
Front
Clouds form when water changes from
Gas to Liquid
What contains measurements of temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind speed and direction?
A surface report
RIZZ
What diagram shows surface weather measurements?
a station model
At the center of a(n) ____________ air rises and forms clouds and precipitation.
Low-Pressure System
What type of precipitation reaches Earth's surface as large pellets of ice?
Hail
What does Doppler radar measure?
the speed at which precipitation travels
POSITIVE AURA
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The pressure that a column of air exerts on the area below is called, ______________.
air pressure
A continental polar ____________ brings cold temperatures during winter.
Air Mass
What sinking-air situation usually brings fair weather?
High Pressure System
What describes cirrus clouds?
wispy, at high altitudes
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The amount of water vapor in the air is called _______________.
Humidity
When the same ___________ passes through two locations on a weather map, both locations have the same pressure.
Isobar
What air mass contains cold, dry air?
Continental Polar
Which instrument measures wind speed?
anemometer
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