What weather variable does a thermometer measure?
What is air temperature?
What type of weather is associated with this front?
a. heavy storms
b. a few hours of rain
c. many days of rain
What is c. many days of rain?
What type of front is this?
What is a warm front?
_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink.
What is cold?
What does this mean on a weather map?
a. Low pressure
b. High pressure
What is b. high pressure?
What usually accompanies areas of high atmospheric pressure?
a. cloudy skies and rain
b. clear, sunny skies and cooler weather
c. Thunderstorms
What is b. clear, sunny skies and cooler weather?
Which direction does air move in a high pressure system?
a. clockwise
b. counter clockwise
c. in a circle
What is a. clockwise?
When cold and warm air masses meet but neither one moves past the other it is called a _________
What is a stationary front?
What type of of air mass is dry and warm?
a. mP
b. mT
c. cP
d. cT
What is d. cT?
What does a barometer measure?
a. air pressure
b. temperature
c. relative humidity
d. rainfall
What is air pressure?
What does a psychrometer measure?
a. Temperature
b. relative humidity
c. air pressure
d. Rainfall
What is relative humidity?
What type of air mass would be found at D?
a. mT
b. cT
c. cP
d. mP
What is c. cP?
What type of weather front is this?
a. cold front
b. warm front
c. stationary front
What is a. cold front?
Name that front....
a. Cold front
b. Stationary front
c. Warm front
What is c. warm front?
Which city currently has sunny skies and cooler weather?
a. Omaha
b. Los Angeles
c. Cleveland
What is a. Omaha?
Which city just experienced a drop in temperature?
a. Amarillo
b. Orlando
c. Reno
d. Detroit
What is c. Reno?
In Italy the summers are hot and very dry. During the winter time it is very cool and wet.
a. weather
b. climate
What is b. climate?
A low pressure system is located over Georgia. What type of weather will they have?
a. sunny and clear skies
b. rain and clouds
What is b. rain and clouds?
What are isobars?
a. lines connecting places of equal temperature
b. lines drawn to places of different temperatures
c. lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure
d. lines drawn to places of different pressures
What is c. lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure?
What climate zone is colored blue?
a. polar
b. temperate
c. tropical
What is a. Polar?
What direction is the wind blowing from?
What is East?
Which city will soon experience heavy storms?
a. San Diego
b. Bismark
c. Nashville
d. Albany
Tim said that Chicago is most likely to experience rainy weather. Jennifer thinks that Dallas is most likely to experience rainy weather. Which student is correct?
Who is Tim?
Should the "?" be replaced with an "H" or an "L"?
What is "L"?
What is the wind speed?
What is 25 mph?