Fronts
Air Masses
Clouds
Pressure Systems
Winds
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Name all four types of fronts
What is Cold, Warm, Stationary and Occluded
100
How are air masses defined
What is by humidity and temperatures
100
Name the three basic types of clouds
What is Cirrus, Cumulus and Stratus
100
Clear skies and gentle breezes are usually associated with
What is high-pressure systems
100
Name the four types of breezes
What is Land, Sea, Valley and Mountain
200
Many hours of steady rain or snow are associated with a
What is Warm front
200
Name the four types of air masses
What is Maritime Polar, Maritime Tropical, Continental Polar and Continental Tropical
200
This prefix/suffix is used to indicate a cloud that produces precipitation
What is Nimbo-/-Nimbus
200
In a low-pressure system air moves
What is Inward around the center and then moves upward
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The force of air molecules on an area is called
What is Air Pressure
300
What type of front occurs when air masses stay in one place
What is Stationary front
300
Maritime tropical air mass is moist and war, so it probably formed over
What is The ocean near the equator
300
This cloud looks puffy, like cotton balls
What is Cumulus
300
Stormy weather is associated with what type of pressure system
What is Low-pressure system
300
Global winds can
What is Travel thousands of kilometers
400
What type of weather does an occluded front bring
What is cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow
400
The type of air mass that only occurs during the summer bringing clear, dry, hot weather
What is Continental Tropical
400
This type of cloud form when a large body of air rises
What is Stratus
400
A low-pressure system over the ocean near the equator can lead to the formation of a
What is Hurricane
400
Why is air warmer over the land during the day and warmer over the water at night
What is Land and water absorb and release heat at different rates
500
What type of front involves a warm air mass moving in and replacing a cold air mass
What is warm front
500
The place where two or more air masses meet
What is Front
500
This type of cloud is thin, feathery looking made of ice crystals
What is Cirrus
500
Winds in a high-pressure system moves in what direction
What is Clockwise
500
How does the Earth's rotation influence the movement of global winds
What is causes global winds to curve
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