What refers to the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place?
Weather
100
Air Mass
What is a large body of air that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it develops?
100
What do we call a person who studies the weather?
Meteorologist
100
"Iso" means equal, "therm" means ________?
temperature.
100
What are 4 types of precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
200
What is the amount of water vapor present in the air called?
Humidity
200
Front
What is a boundary between two air masses of different density, moisture, or temperature?
200
Station Model
What shows the weather conditions at a specific location on Earth's surface, using a combination of symbols?
200
What is an example of severe weather?
Tornado, blizzard, hurricane, or thunderstorms
200
What am I? I can make you feel like you have stepped into a sticky, humid area. I am created by water vapor in the air.
Humidity
300
What is formed when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground?
Fog
300
What storm happens when heavy rain falls, lightning flashes, thunder roars, and hail might fall?
Thunderstorm
300
Isotherm
What connects points of equal temperature?
300
A LARGE body of AIR that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which is develops is called an ____ ______.
air mass
300
If a funnel cloud comes into contact with the Earth's surface, it is called a what?
Tornado
400
What is water falling from the clouds called?
Precipitation
400
Tornado
What is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground?
400
Isobar
What is a line drawn to connect points of equal atmospheric pressure?
400
A boundary between two air masses of different density, moisture, or temperature is called a _______.
front
400
What is a large, swirling, low pressure system that forms over the warm Atlantic Ocean?
Hurricane
500
What is one type of cloud?
Stratus, cumulus, or cirrus.
500
Blizzard
What is formed when the winds are 56 km/hr, the temperature is low, the visibility is less than 400 meters in falling or blowing snow, with conditions persisting for 3 hours or more?
500
Meteorologists gather information about current weather to make predictions about future ____________ patterns.
weather
500
The amount of water ________ in the air is called humidity.
vapor
500
What is a favorite ice cream treat named after a weather pattern?