Clouds
Weather Tools
Air Masses
Fronts
Winds and Other
100
What are clouds made of?
What is water and particles
100
What does a rain gauge measure?
What is Precipitation?
100
a body of air that has about the same temperature and moisture throughout
What is Air Masses
100
A curved blue line with semi cirlcles on it is the symbol for a ...
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What is Warm front
100
This weather will best describes El Niño's impact on the earth?
What is Droughts, flooding, warmer ocean temperatures
200
What type of cloud is wispy and feathery
What is cirrus
200
A tool that measures the direction of wind
Wind Vane
200
A dry, cold air mass would be called
What is Continental polar
200
As a result of a cold front, this kind of weather will be sure to follow
What is heavy rains or violent thunderstorms
200
winds change during the day and night near a beach because of...
What is temperature over air and the land change (Sea and Land Breeze)
300
A cloud that forms close to the ground
What is Fog
300
I measure the speed of wind with a
What is anemometer
300
A tube of air that forms a boundary between cold and warm air masses. Airplane pilots can some times use this to get to point A to B faster
What is Jet Stream
300
The weather forecast indicates that a warm front will be moving into the area in the next 24 hours. Which type of weather will most likely result?
What is cloudy skies and rainy weather
300
A local wind that blows from an ocean or sea toward the land during the DAY
What is Sea Breeze
400
Which of the following cloud types are white, billowy, and resemble piles of cotton puffs in the sky?
What is Cumulus
400
A tool that measures humidity
What is hygrometer
400
Air masses move across the United States by going in this direction and using this type of wind phenomenon
what is jet stream moves air masses from west to east
400
This type of front brings days of rain, drizzle, and fog.
What is a Stationary front
400
A warm ocean current that flows past Florida and across the Atlantic
What is The Gulf Stream
500
If you wake up and notice a gray cloudy day and light rain is falling, which type of cloud would you expect to see?
What are Stratus
500
A tool for measuring air pressure
Barometer
500
This is the way air moves
What is warm air rises and cool air sinks
500
A type front forms when an active cold front overtakes a warm front, producing a complex weather pattern?
What is an occluded front
500
When a jet stream moves above the state of North Carolina, how will North Carolina be affected?
What is NC will have warmer weather