Measurement Tools
Different Climates
Weather
Patterns
Weather
Changes
Symbols on a Map
100
Measures the temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer?
100
The coldest climate with very little precipitation.
What is polar climate?
100
This weather happens when a cold air mass forces a warm air mass up quickly.
What is a short period of heavy rain follows.
100
Helps predict how fast an approaching storm will arrive. (Also measured using an anemometer)
What is wind speed?
100
A cold air mass that pushes out and wedges under a warmer air mass.
What is a cold front?
200
This is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
Region with high temperatures and high humidity?
What is the tropical climate?
200
You might see one of these 4 things on a weather map?
What isobars, highs, lows and fronts.
200
The force of air against something. A change in this means a change in weather.
What is air pressure?
200
The moving boundary line between two air masses.
What is a front?
300
The instrument that measures wind speed is?
What is an anemometer?
300
Region with the greatest weather changes is
What is the temperate climate?
300
A large storm that forms in the ocean near the equator is called this.
What is a hurricane.
300
A thunderstorm may produce these two things.
What is thunder and lightning?
300
An area of high pressure, usually with fair weather.
What is a high?
400
What measure relative humidity?
What is a psychrometer?
400
The state of the atmosphere at a given time is the
What is the weather?
400
A strong windstorm with a funnel-shaped cloud is called this.
What is a tornado.
400
When air contains a lot of moisture, _______ is high.
What is humidity?
400
A warm air mass that glides up and over a cooler air mass.
What is a warm front?
500
This instrument measures the amount of rainfall.
What is a rain guage?
500
The average weather of a region over a long period of time.
What is the climate?
500
A tropical city near an ocean would have _______ weather than a tropical city in the mountains.
What is rainier and cooler.
500
An air mass has the same ______________ and humidity throughout.
What is temperature?
500
A warm area of low air pressure, often with precipitation.
What is a low?
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