Air Masses
Fronts
Predicting Weather
Weather Map Symbols
Wind
100
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure throughout is called an _______.
air mass
100
The location where two air masses meet
Front
100
If a cold front is passing by an area what will happen to the temperature in the next few days?
colder temperatures, decrease
100
Red half circles represent ______.
Blue triangles represent _______.
a warm front
a cold front
100
What causes wind?
Convection currents
200
Scientists describe/classify air masses based on what two locations?
Over the land/water, near the equator/poles
200
What are the four types of fronts?
Cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts
200
What type of weather can you predict will happen if the location is experiencing a stationary front?
The weather will be rainy for the next few days.
200
What type of weather is Wyoming (WY) experiencing currently?
Rainy weather, cloudy skies
200
What direction does wind travel?
High pressure to low pressure
300
What is the name for an air mass that forms over the ocean?
Maritime
300
What kind of weather does a cold front bring?
cold air, thunderstorms, cloudy skies
300
A scientist that studies changes in weather.
What is a meteorologist?
300
What kind of weather does an occluded front bring?
extreme weather such as snow, tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, etc
300
What causes a land breeze and sea breeze to travel in different directions?
Land heating up/cooling down faster than water.
400
Air masses that bring cool or cold air and form over land
Continental Polar
400
What type of front forms when two air masses meet and neither one can move?
Stationary fronts
400
What determines the direction a front moves?
The direction the symbols are facing
400
If the High pressure system above Arizona (AZ) moved toward California (CA), what kind of weather will California experience in a few days?
Clear skies, dry weather
400
What determines the density of an air mass?
The temperature
500
Air masses that form over countries near the equator and bring hot temperatures would be called
Continental Tropical
500
All fronts cause this
precipitation
500
What upcoming weather will a meteorologist likely report if low pressure fronts are moving through your area?
precipitation/storms, clouds, wind
500
Houston, currently, has a temperature of 65 degrees. If the temperature increases to 75 degrees over the next two days, what kind of front did Houston experience?
Warm front
500
Where do jet streams occur?
At high altitudes in our atmosphere