Air Pressure
Air Mass
Weather
Fronts/Breeze
Challenge Questions
100
What causes changes in the weather?
When air masses move and meet.(FRONTS)
100
A WARM air mass formed on LAND.
Continental-Tropical
100
The amount of heat in the air.
Temperature
100
The movement of air is called
wind
100
What is this shape called?
Hook
200
Air always goes from ______ to ______ pressure
High to Low
200
A COLD air mass formed in the OCEAN.
Maritime-Polar
200
The force of all the air around you pushing on you.
Air Pressure
200
A breeze moving from the SEA to the LAND.
Sea Breeze
200
Where are the severe storms in this image?
B - right in front of the Cold Front
300
What is the weather during HIGH Pressure?
cool/dry conditions and clear weather.
300
A WARM air mass formed in the OCEAN.
Maritime-Tropical
300
All weather is caused by...
Interactions between different air masses.
(FRONTS)
300
A WARM air mass that causes light, steady rains.
Warm Front
300
What type of front has air masses that ARE NOT MOVING?
Stationary Front
400
What is a body of air with the same temperature, humidity, and pressure.
Air Mass
400
A COLD air mass formed on LAND.
Continental-Polar
400
The amount of water vaopr in the air.
Humidity
400
A breeze moving from the LAND to the SEA.
Land Breeze
400
________ Breeze can only happen at night and ________ Breeze can only happen during the day.
Land
Sea
500
What Pressure system causes warm/wet air and storms/cloudy conditions?
LOW Pressure
500
Where air masses meet.
What is a Frontal Boundary (Front)?
500
The condition of the air at a specific time and place.
Weather
500
A COLD air mass that causes thunderstorms.
Cold Front
500
Why do cold fronts cause severe storms?
Cold air forces the warm air up very fast, causing condensation, clouds, and storms.
