Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Terms
True and False
100
The area where two different air masses meet is called...
What is front
100
There are seasons on Earth because...
What is Earth is tilted on its axis
100
A hygrometer measures...
What is humidity
100
Stratus clouds are...
What is Forms in layers across the sky
100
True or false, need to fix if false...Fronts take the temperature of the area they are in.
What is false, air masses
200
Saturated air is...
What is air that contains all the water vapor it can hold
200
Where does rain usually fall on a mountain?
What is west
200
Clouds that form high in the sky, possibly signaling a warm from, are called
What is cirrus
200
A person who studies weather...
What is meteorologist
200
True or false...fix if false, warm air rises, cold air falls
What is True
300
What type of weather is represented as an area with diagonal dashes on a weather map?
What is rain
300
Which climate zone includes the area just north and south of the equator?
What is tropical
300
You can get an idea of approaching weather for your area by looking at conditions on the US weather map to the....north, south, east, or west?
What is west
300
the average weather condition of an area over many years...
What is climate
300
True or false...Low pressure is represented as triangles on a weather map.
What is false, it is an L with a circle
400
The main reason we have such a variety in our weather patterns is....
What is the movements of air masses and fronts
400
Little rainfall, very cold winters, and hot summers describes the... (Which climate?)
What is grassland
400
A barometer measures??
What is air pressure
400
Tool that shows wind direction..
What is wind vane
400
The spring equinox occurs on September 23.
What is false, March 21
500
What are air masses?
What is large bodies of air that have nearly the same temperature and humidity throughout
500
The day with the fewest hours of daylight in the U.S. is the...
What is winter solstice
500
What are beaufort scales?
What is judges wind speed by showing how wind moves
500
Either two times in the year, when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator and appears to be farthest north or south in the sky...
What is solstice
500
Mediterranean climate brings very dry summers, and wet winters
What is true
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