Weather Vocabulary
The zone where two air masses meet
What is a front?
Violently rotating columns of air with winds reaching speeds of nearly 400 mph is called
What are tornadoes?
An attempt to make accurate predictions of weather in the near future
What is weather forecasting?
Smog is a colloid mixture made up primarily of
What is smoke, fog, and chemicals?
Global winds are directly caused by the Earth's rotation and
What is uneven heating of the Earth's surface?
The conditions in Earth's atmosphere at a given place and given time
What is weather?
A severe weather event characterized by heavy snowfall, strong winds, and reduced visibility
What is a blizzard?
A _______ shows data from many sources and contains a variety of symbols that demonstrate atmospheric conditions.
What is a weather map?
Some substances in nature can be harmful to humans in large concentrations. In these cases, such substances can become pollutants. This natural source of air pollution consists of spores and can be found both inside and outside homes and businesses
What is mold?
When sunlight strikes the ground it warms the ground and the air near it. The warm air near the ground then rises as it expands. This process typically results in on the ground?
What is cool air rushes in to replace the rising warm air?
The primary source of energy that drives weather on Earth?
What is the Sun?
Extreme atmospheric conditions create various kinds of storms, such as _______ .
What are thunderstorms?
What happens when a cold air mass and a warm air mass are predicted to meet. This type of weather can be expected between the two air masses
What is stormy weather?
Driving automobiles and burning coal for electricity are examples of two human activities that negatively impact _______.
What is air quality?
The weather patterns seen on Earth are influenced greatly by the
What is the cycling of water in and out of the atmosphere?
The most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
When the wind appears to travel clockwise around high-pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is coriolis effect?
A _______ takes pictures and tracks the movements of clouds and air masses
What is the weather satellite?
Parts of southern California often endure large, uncontrollable wildfires. During such wildfires, these areas are likely to suffer from air pollution-related to _______.
What is particulate matter?
Meteorology is best defined as the study of
What is the entire atmosphere and its processes?
measure of how hot or cold the air is
What is temperature?
Tornadoes and hurricanes develop over this kind of area
What are low-pressure areas?
Fronts are boundaries between air masses of different temperatures and humidity levels (e.g., between warm and cold air masses). Warm air rises as cool air moves in to take its place, causing a front between the two different air masses.
This can be expected at such fronts
What is clouds and precipitation?
The purpose of studying radon pollution levels
What is to improve air quality and human health?
Air pressure decreases as altitude increases
What is the troposphere?