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Partly Cloudy
Under Pressure
100
Which air mass brings bitterly cold and dry air?
Arctic
100
What tool measures temperature?
Thermometer
100
On a weather map what does an H stand for?
High Pressure System
100
Precipitation is apart of what constant process?
Water cycle
100
Clearer skies is a characteristic of what?
High pressure system
200
What is created when air moves from high pressure to low pressure areas?
Wind
200
Air pressure is measured by what tool?
Barometer
200
Generally, which direction does weather travel?
West to East
200
What is the highest and coldest cloud in the atmosphere?
Cirrus
200
What is the most destructive severe storm?
hurricane
300
Describe a maritime polar air mass?
Cold and humid
300
Wind direction is found by using what tool?
wind vane
300
Lines of equal barometric pressure are called what?
isobars
300
What is the difference between transpiration and evaporation?
Evaporation: from a liquid
Transpiration: From plants/land
300
Draw a picture of a stationary front
Cold air and warm air should should stall when meeting one another
400
What type of air mass is most likely to form in Miami, FL?
Maritime Tropical
400
What is this called?
Station Model
400
Current: Moderate Rain
Future: Cooler temperatures
400
What affects the state of matter that precipitation forms and falls as?
Temperature
400
If a severe storm is currently taking place the US National Weather Service issues what?
Warning
500
Weather patterns are driven by the movement of what?
Air masses
500
What tool is used to measure humidity?
Psychrometer
500
Where is the center of the low pressure system?
Wisconsin
500
What are the low, broad, gray clouds called?
stratus
500
Why does Tornado Alley form more tornadoes than anywhere else in the US
Warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico collides with cold northern air in this region