Definition
a wind that blows from the sea toward the land
What is Sea Breeze
Instrument that measures temperature
What is thermometer
A jet stream is an air current low in the atmosphere.
What is False
a jet stream is an air current located high in the atmosphere.
Cool and dry air that brings dry, clear, fear weather
a. high pressure system
b. low pressure system
What is High Pressure System
A warm air mass replaces a cold air mass
What is warm front
a wind that blows from the land toward the sea
What is Land Breeze
Puffy clouds , cotton ball like, bring fair weather
What is Cumulus
Rain gauge is an instrument used to measure precipitation
What is true.
Less dense, rises, can hold more humidity
a. warm air
b. cold air
What is warm air
a cold air mass replaces a warmer air mass
What is cold front
air current high in the atmosphere, like a tube/river of air, flows from west to east.
What is Jet Stream
Blanket-like white to gray clouds, sometimes bring light rain or snow
What is Stratus
A barometer is an instrument to measure wind direction.
What is false.
A barometer is an instrument used to measure air pressure
Warm and humid air that brings warm, stormy weather
a. Low Pressure System
b. High Pressure System
What is Low Pressure System
What is and unusual cooling of the Pacific Ocean, linked to impacts on weather and climate patterns around the world.( Challenge question)
What is La Nina
a warm ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean, flows from the south of Florida up the east coast and then cross the Atlantic towards Europe.
What is Gulf Stream
A cloud that may bring thuderstorms, rain, hail, and tornadoes
What is Cumulonimbus
A stationary front is a boundary between two air masses which does not move.
What is true
denser, sinks, can hold less humidity
a. cold air
b. warm air
What is cold air
The driving force that fuels the entire water cycle .
What is the Sun's Energy ( heat) ?
Unusual warming of the Pacific Ocean, linked to impacts on weather and climate patterns around the world. Brings more rainstorms and higher temps.
( Challenge Question)
What is EL Nino
Wispy clouds, a change in weather is happening soon, made of ice crystals
What is Cirrus clouds
Occulded front is when a faster moving cold front catches up and overtakes a slower moving warm front
What is true
Air Masses that form over land are dry
a. continental
b. maritime
What is continental
The day-to-day condition of the atmosphere and the average range of typical weather conditions in a region.
What is weather and climate