The state of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
What is weather?
100
The average weather pattern over a region.
What is climate?
100
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape.
What is a tornado?
100
This indicates a high pressure system on a weather map.
What is a bold "H" ?
200
The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
What is the atmosphere?
200
The three ingredients of weather.
What are air, water, and heat/temperature?
200
A change in global or regional climate patterns.
What is climate change?
200
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water.
What is a hurricane?
200
This indicates a cold front.
What is a blue line with triangles?
300
A large region of the atmosphere in which the air has similar properties throughout.
What is an air mass?
300
When warm air moves in over a cold air mass and brings light steady rain or snow.
What is a warm front?
300
The two main factors that determine the climate.
What are temperature and precipitation?
300
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall.
What is a flood?
300
Causes warm, moist air to rise and form clouds.
What is a low pressure system?
400
The force exerted on a given area by the weight of the air above it.
What is air pressure?
400
The location/atmosphere where weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
400
A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
What is global warming?
400
The sound lightening makes when it heats the air.
What is thunder?
400
A storm that lingers in one place for days is caused by this.
What is a stationary front?
500
The Earth's rotation pushes the winds to either the right or the left.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
500
These winds blow in the United States blow from West to East.
What is a prevailing wind?
500
The Earth tilting on its axis has an effect on this.
What are seasons.
500
A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
What is a blizzard?
500
This is a possible threat when a high pressure system and low pressure system meet swiftly.