Weather Tools & Clouds
Air and Water Systems
Weather and Climate
Pressure Systems
Fronts
100
What word is used to describe clouds you may see on a nice day?

What is fair weather?

100
What is the FAST moving tube of air that flows from west to east over the United States?
What is the Jet Stream?
100

What is the name of someone who predicts weather using weather tools?

What is a meteorologist?
100
H :) is for _____________ as L :( is for ____________.
What is Happy and Lousy?
100
What weather front symbol is represented by a blue triangle?
What is a cold front?
200
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
What is a barometer?
200
Which two severe water based storms create a 2-7 year cycle in their occurrence?
What is El Nino and La Nina?
200
Why is weather different from climate?

Weather changes more frequently, even by the hour. Climate is the average weather PATTERNS of a REGION over a LOOOONNGG period of time.

200
Show me the hand signals AND tell me the saying for BOTH pressure systems.

High Pressure: What is High and Dry (hands up moving down low as air sinks)?

Low Pressure: What is Low and Snow (hands down moving up as moist air rises)?

200
Which front brings light and moderate rain and moves slowly through an area?
What is a warm front?
300
Fog is an example of what type of cloud?
What is a stratus cloud that has touched down?
300
Which warm water system brings tropical winds from the south up the eastern seaboard and then cycles back down?
What is the Gulf Stream?
300

What word is used to describe weather near the equator that is warm and mild?

What is tropical?
300
Which pressure system could bring snow showers if the temperature was at or below 32 degrees?
What is a low pressure system?
300
What is the name of the line where two different pressure systems meet?
What is a front?
400
What clouds are associated with warm fronts producing rain?
What is a stratus cloud as it produces light and moderate rain?
400
Due to the sun's radiation, does land or water cool faster?
What is land?
400
Which wind masses are present near the equator and associated with El Nino and La Nina causing massive shifts in local weather?
What are the Trade Winds or Easterlies?
400
As altitude increases, air pressure ____________? (Think about being at the top of a mountain)
What is decreases
400
Which fronts bring dramatic shifts in wind?
What is a Cold Front because they bring severe weather?
500
Which clouds are made of ice crystals and WHY?
What are cirrus clouds, because they are the highest up in the atmosphere?
500
Which TWO air masses are responsible for the majority of the weather in the United States?
The Jet Stream and the Prevailing Westerlies?
500
Where does the sun have the strongest affect on temperature and what happens as you move away from that latitude line?
What is at the equator, and as you move away from the equator, temperatures get cooler?
500

Which change in weather will we see if a system moves in with increasing pressure?

What is dry and fair?
500
What is the name of the "Oreo" front AND which two weather fronts are on the outside, and which weather front and stuck in the middle?
What is an Occluded Front, the cold fronts SMOOSH the warm front in the middle.
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