Conditions
Clouds
Meteorology
Relationships and Vocabulary
Wind and Rain
100
When a cold air mass invades a warm air mass
What is a cold front?
100
A low, gray layer that produces light precipitation
What are stratus clouds?
100
Line connecting points of equal temperature
What is an isotherm?
100
The boundary between two colliding air masses
What is a front?
100
A violent, whirling wind associated with thunderstorms
What is a tornado?
200
A large, swirling low pressure system that forms over tropical oceans
What is a hurricane?
200
High, white, thin and feathery clouds associated with fair weather
What are cirrus clouds?
200
Line connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure
What is an isobar?
200
Temperature at which air is saturated and condensation begins
What is the dew point?
200
These are four types of precipitation
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
300
Strong winds rotating around a low pressure system
What is a tornado?
300
Puffy clouds with flat bases that are associated with fair weather
What are cumulus clouds?
300
The present state of the atmosphere
What is weather?
300
One is a boundary between two air masses. The other is a system caused by rising warm air.
What is the difference between fronts and low pressure systems?
300
Millions of drops of water supended in the sky
What are clouds?
400
Warm, moist air is forced rapidly upward
What is a thunderstorm?
400
A thick, dark layer associated with steady precipitation
What are nimbus clouds?
400
Weather information collected by meteorologists at specific locations
What is a station model?
400
A large, swirling low-pressure system that forms in the Pacific Ocean
What is a typhoon?
400
When cold air pushes up warm air rapidly and thunderstorms form
What is a low pressure system formed at a cold front?
500
One connects points of equal atmospheric presure, and the other connects points of equal temperature
What is the difference between isobars and isotherms?
500
This is a stratus cloud that forms near the ground.
What is fog?
500
Amount of moisture in air compared to amount needed for saturation at a given temperature
What is relative humidity?
500
This is a scale used to rank tornadoes according to how much damage they cause.
What is the Fujita scale?
500
When warm air slides over colder air, resulting in an extended period of wet weather
What is a low pressure system formed at a warm front?
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