Pressure
Wind
FRONTS
Weather Misc
Ocean Currents
Station Models
100
As temperature rises, air pressure ________________________(increases or decreases)
decreases?
100
Wind is caused by differences in:
Air Pressure or Temperature
100
Type of pressure system around which storms build.
Low Pressure
100
Measures Temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
What is the primary cause of surface ocean currents?
Planetary Winds
100
Which station has the highest temperature?
D
200
Which way does air circulate around a High pressure center in the North Hemisphere?
clockwise and out
200
In what direction do most Storms move across the United States?
East or North East
200
Describe the symbol for cold front and warm front
Cold - triangles that are blue
Warm - half suns that are red
200
Measures wind direction
What is a weather vane?
200
Why do winds and ocean currents curve?
The Coriolis effect
or
Earth rotation
200
What is the wind speed?
5 knots
300
Wind blows from areas of ____________pressure to areas of _____________ pressure.
High to low
300
What is the name of the strong convection cell that exists between 0o and 30o?
Hadley Cell
300
What type of front is coming towards Station Model E?
Cold Front
300
Measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
What Cold Ocean current is primarily responsible for creating prodominently sunny conditions in souther California?
California Current
300
What is the present weather at this Station Model?
Fog
400
The barometric pressure at this weather station model? MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE UNITS!
999.8
400
What is the wind zone that the USA is located?
Westerlies
400
Why is POINT B most likely experiencing precipitation?
Near the WARM front
400
Measures Wind Speed
Weather Vane
400
In What direction to ocean currents primarily rotate in the Northern Hemisphere?
Clockwise or to the right
400
What is the wind speed and direction at this location?
NW and 35 knots
500
Which letter (A or B) has a greater wind speed?
B
500
Name all three wind zones
Trade Winds, Westerlies, Polar Easterlies
500
Which front will give you thunderstorms and this type of cloud?
COLD or WARM
Cold
500
Hot air rises, cools, sinks and heats via _______________ currents.
What is convection?
500
What ocean current flows uninterupted all the way around the globe?
Circum-Antarctic Current
and
Antarctic Subpolar Current
500
How many station models have their present weather as THUNDERSTORM?
3
600
Which way does air circulate around a Hurricanes and all Low pressure centers in the Northern Hemisphere?
Counter Clockwise
600
Name the two types of Jet Streams
Polar and Subtropical.
600
What is it called when 2 air masses collide?
Front
600
Describe how clouds form.
Air rises and cools to its dew point.
600
What is the name for the scientific condition that brings warmer waters to the West coast Centeral and South America?
El Nino
600
What is the air pressure and CONVERT!!!
1003.4 mb