Water Cycle
What step in the water cycle forms clouds?
Condensation
What type of air mass is cold and dry?
Continental polar
A collision between two air masses is called what?
Front
TRUE or FALSE: A barometer is an instrument used to measure air pressure.
True
What kind of front brings light, steady rain and clouds?
Warm front
Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What type of air mass is cold and wet?
TRUE or FALSE: Warm fronts are associated with more severe weather conditions.
False
What is the symbol for high pressure?
Blue capital H
TRUE or FALSE: Weather maps can include weather fronts and pressure systems.
True
_______ is water seeping into the ground or soil.
Infiltration
What type of air mass is warm and dry?
Continental tropical
What color is the symbol for a cold front?
Blue
What is the symbol for low pressure?
What kind of front brings severe weather and thunderstorms?
Cold front
________ is when liquid water turns into a gas called water vapor.
Evaporation
What type of air mass is warm and wet?
What color is the symbol for a warm front?
Red
What kind of weather comes with high pressure?
sunny, dry weather, clear skies
TRUE or FALSE: The National Weather Service is located in Virginia.
False
What would happen to the water cycle if there was no sun?
The water cycle would stop
What is the symbol for maritime polar air masses?
mP
TRUE or FALSE: Cold fronts are associated with more severe weather conditions.
True
What kind of weather comes with low pressure?
clouds, precipitation, storms
What does a weather forecast tell us?
weather conditions - sunny, rainy, cloudy, snowy, stormy, etc. - weather events