Predicting the Weather
Weather Map Readings
Clouds
Climate & Geography
Fronts & Pressure Systems
100
This is a scientist who studys the atmosphere. They examine its effects on the environment, predict the weather, or investigate climate trends.
What is a meteorologist?
100
Reading the weather map, this is the type of weather that is over the city marked.
What is stormy weather?
100
Fluffy, white, with flat bottoms
What is cumulus?
100
As you increase in this, you move further from the equator and the temperature drops.
What is latitude?
100
Front that is represented with red half circles on a weather map.
What is warm front?
200
Weather across the United States moves from _________ to ___________ direction.
What is from West to East?
200
Isobars: This is the barometric pressure for Bluffton, SC.
What is 1010 millibars (will except 1009-1011).
200
Indicates thunderstorms, tornadoes
What is cumulonimbus?
200
If you are high up in the troposphere, the temperature is very cold! This is because as _____________increases, temperature decreases.
What is altitude?
200
High pressure system winds circulate in this direction in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is clockwise?
300
A rise in air pressure means fair weather. A fall in air pressure means______________________.
What is stormy, rainy (bad weather)?
300
Isotherms: This is the possible temperature RANGE of Bluffton, SC according to the weather map. (must have range and Celcius or Fahrenheit labeled based on June date)
What is 80-85 degrees Fahrenheit.
300
Prefix/suffix meaning "middle level"
What is alto?
300
If you are close to water, you have a marine climate. If you are inland, it's called this.
What is continental?
300
If it's rainy and stormy, you can expect this type of pressure system.
What is low pressure system?
400
Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air. If it's a high humidity, that could mean higher levels of __________ falling from the sky.
What is precipitation (rain)?
400
On the weather map of Hurricane Harvey, the green represents this.
What is precipitation?
400
High, wispy clouds made of ice crystals
What is cirrus?
400
Name this current that affects the east coast of the USA's climate by making it warmer.
What is the Gulf Stream Current?
400
These are the four major types of air masses.
What are stationary front, warm front, cold front, and occluded front?
500
A change in wind direction is measured with a wind vane. The speed is measured with this instrument.
What is an anemometer?
500
Here is a weather map of Australia (southern hemisphere) so the winds are moving opposite of what they would where we live. Describe one difference in the barometric pressures of the High Pressure System and the Low Pressure System.
All would be accepted: 1. The low pressure has a sharper change in pressure compared to the high pressure system. 2. The high pressure system is about 20 millibars higher than the low. 3. The high pressure winds are moving counterclockwise and the low pressure winds are moving clockwise.
500
Name the cloud indicated in the picture. When it lowers, it turns to fog.
What is stratus?
500
Animals have these special characteristics that allow them to live in the different climate zones (such as a hare having white fur in the polar region to blend in (camouflage).
What are adaptations?
500
The diagram shows a representation of this weather front.
What is stationary front?
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