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What do the L and H mean on the weather map?
L means low pressure
H means high pressure
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What is the air pressure in Minneapolis?
High air pressure
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What is the air pressure in Tennessee (TN)?
1012
100
What does a thermometer measure?
Heat
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If air pressure is falling, is the air rising or sinking?
Rising
200
What is the high temperature in Chicago?
48 degrees
200
What direction is the warm front moving?
North
(I'll accept northwest)
200
Which direction is the cold front moving?
South and east
(I will accept southeast)
200
What does a wind vane measure?
Wind direction
200
What are the four steps of the water (hydrologic) cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff
300
Warm, cold, and stationary
300
What weather do you predict San Francisco will have in the next few days? Explain your answer with evidence.
Sunny and clear because there is a cold front moving toward San Francisco
300
What weather (sunny and clear/rainy and stormy) do you predict for NY? Explain your answer with evidence.
Stormy and rainy because there is low pressure and because there is a warm front moving toward it.
300
What does an anemometer measure?
Wind speed
300
What is the jet stream?
Strong, consistent winds
400
Name the four types of fronts and their symbols for weather maps.
Cold, warm, stationary, occluded
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What weather (sunny and clear/rainy and stormy) do you predict will be in Seattle soon? Explain your answer with evidence.
Sunny and clear because there is a cold front moving toward Seattle
400
If the air pressure is rising in Nashville, what kind of weather do you predict would be there?
Sunny and clear
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What does a psychrometer measure?
Humidity
400
Draw the air masses in a cold front.
500
According to the map, there is high pressure near Washington DC. What weather (sunny and clear/rainy and stormy) does Washington DC have right now?
Sunny and clear
500
When does rainy or severe weather happen?
When warm air rises quickly
500
In January, there was more rain than February. Which month would you predict has a lower air pressure? Why?
January because low air pressure means air rises, which causes more condensation and precipitation
500
What does a barometer measure?
Air pressure
500
Draw the air masses in an occluded front.