Clouds
Air
Instruments
Winds
Take a RISK
100
List two cloud types
What is stratus, cirrus, or cumulus
100
List two properties of air (either chemical or physical)
What is air is a clear gas that contains nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide.
100
What instrument measures temperature?
What is a thermometer.
100
Winds that blow over short distances are called?
What is local winds.
100
Warm stormy weather has moved into Florida, which north american air mass most likely caused this weather?
What is Maritime Tropical
200
Clouds form when __________ and water vapor condenses and combines in the atmosphere.
What is dust particles
200
The weight of a column of air pushing down on an area is also known as what?
What is air pressure.
200
You are trying to see which direction the wind is blowing, what instrument can you use?
What is a wind vane.
200
Winds that blow over long distances are called?
What is global winds.
200
If you wanted hot and dry weather, which north american air mass would you want where you live?
What is Continental tropical
300
What type of cloud produces thunderstorms?
What is cumulonimbus.
300
If you wanted to weigh a column of air and test the air pressure, what could you use?
What is a barometer.
300
It feels really moist and damp outside, if you are measuring the humidity, what instrument would you use?
What is a sling pshychrometer.
300
Winds that blow east between 30 and 60 degrees N and S latitude are called?
What is the prevailing westerlies.
300
Explain the coriolis effect.
What is the earth rotates counter clockwise and causes the winds to curve.
400
What layer of the atmosphere do most weather producing clouds form?
What is the troposphere.
400
An overall upward movement of air in which cloudy weather is expected is known as
What is a low pressure system.
400
Anemometer measures?
What is wind speed.
400
The fastest band of wind on earth is known as which wind belt?
What is the jet stream.
400
What is the boundry between two air masses that meet called?
What is a front.
500
List the first three layers of the atmosphere.
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, mesosphere.
500
Which type of storm spins in an anticlockwise direction and why?
What is a hurrican, and bc of the coriolis effect.
500
What weather instrument is most important in predicting weather and why? Barometer, Wind Vane, or Thermometer
What is Barometer, if the pressure changes you know you the atmosphere can change as well and clouds could form or sunny weather.
500
Air at the equater rises and the air begins to sink at the poles, what is this called?
What is convection.
500
List the 4 front types.
What is cold, warm, occluded, and stationary.
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