Weather Variables
What is a Meteorologists?
This air mass forms over the arctic, and contains bitterly cold, dry air.
What is Arctic Air Mass?
How many main air masses impact North America?
What is 5 air masses?
True or False? Air pressure, Air temperature, and Wind Speed and direction are all weather variables that are mentioned in this week's lesson?
What is true
This is the force that a column of air applies on the air or a surface below.
What is Air pressure?
A quantity that can change.
What is a variable?
This is a cold air mass that forms over water that brings rainy weather.
What is Maritime Polar air mass?
Energy in motion is called:
True or False? The Sun's position, kinetic energy, and fog are all weather variables mentioned in this week's lesson?
What is false?
This is a large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system.
What is High-pressure system?
A cloud that forms near Earth's surface.
What is fog?
This air mass forms over oceans and brings hot, humid air to the southern part of the United States.
What is Maritime Tropical air mass?
Stored energy is called:
What is Potential energy?
True or False? Humidity, Cloud Coverage, and Precipitation are all weather variables mentioned in this week's lesson?
What is True?
This is a large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system.
What is Low-pressure system?
What is a barometer?
This air mass forms over dry land, normally bringing clear skies and high temperatures.
What is Continental Tropical Air Mass?
This usually bring clearer skies and fair weather.
What is a high-pressure system?
These are large bodies of air that have uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
What are Air masses?
Hail starts as a small piece of ice that is repeatedly lifted and dropped by a process called ________?
What is Updraft?
This fast moving air masses moves over land and brings cold weather.
What is Continental Polar Air Mass?
This usually forms clouds and brings precipitation?
What is a Low-pressure system?