Mixed
Name the layers of the atmosphere from bottom to top.
Tropo, Strato, Meso, Thermo, Exo
The upper left number on a weather station is this?
temperature
Air pressure always move from this system to the other.
high to low
Low pressure systems usually mean counterclockwise winds and what kind of weather?
cloudy, rain, loco, etc.
Head two states north of Virginia turn left and go two states west. In which state are you?
Indiana
You're sitting around a campfire making smores and your stick with the marshmallow burns your fingers. What type of heat transfer?
conduction
It is storming outside and with rain and thunder. This tool would have helped me know some lousy weather was on its way.
barometer
Air masses masses moving over continents would tend to have what type of air?
dry
Lines of temperature on a weather map are this many degrees apart?
10 degrees
The sand at the beach is hot at 11 am. What kind of air pressure would be over the land at this time?
Low
True of False. Starting at the equator with LOW pressure, every 30 degrees of latitude alternate from low to high. (Equator LOW 0 degrees, 30 degrees HIGH, 60 LOW, 90 HIGH)
TRUE
This tool measures the speed of the wind.
anemometer
The air movement of high pressure systems move in this direction in the northern hemisphere.
clockwise
The isobar just outside of the center of low pressure is 998. What the pressure in the center?
994
Delaware is the first state. What number does Virginia hold in the states admitted to the Union?
Tenth
The earth's rotation initiates an effect (or force) that causes wind deflection. What is it called?
The Coriolis force or effect
This tool tells us the amount of (heat) energy matter contains.
thermometer
The atmospheric layer where the majority of air pressure is felt.
Troposphere
Tropical weather is warmer than Polar weather. If an air mass is classified as tropical, would it be warm or cold air?
warm
What geographic direction does Chef Mimal face?
East
List all types of weather fronts and their corresponding shapes and colors.
cold-blue triangles; warm-red semicircles; occluded-purple triangles and semicircles same direction; stationary-blue/red triangles and semicircles opposite each other;
The instrument section in the orchestra that deals with weather.
The wind section.
What is the cause of high pressure and low pressure systems?
Unequal heating of the earth's surface
What must you do to become a weather forecaster?
You must beat the raining champion.
Isobars are close together on a certain weather map. What kind of day might be expected?
A windy day