Vocabulary
Clouds
Water
Fronts
Air Masses
100
Scientists who study and try to predict weather
What is meteorologist?
100
These clouds look like cotton
What is cumulus?
100
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth
What is precipitation?
100
The boundary where air masses meet but don't mix
What is front?
100
A warm air mass is called
What is tropical?
200
An overflowing of water in a normally dry area
What is flood?
200
These clouds often produce thunderstorms and tornadoes
What is cumulonimbus?
200
A long period of scarce rainfall or dry weather
What is drought?
200
A faster cold air mass meets a slower warm air mass bringing heavy precipitation; colder and drier air follows when the front passes
What is cold front?
200
A cold air mass is called
What is polar?
300
Water vapor becomes liquid water and forms clouds
What is condensation?
300
Wispy, feathery clouds at high altitudes that indicate fair weather
What is cirrus?
300
Relative humidity is measured with this instrument
What is psychrometer?
300
A faster warm air mass meets a slower cold air mass and the weather is cloudy/rainy for days; warm and humid weather follows as the front passes
What is warm front?
300
An air mass that forms over land
What is continental?
400
Lines on a weather map joining places with the same temperature
What is isotherm?
400
Clouds that form in flat layers covering most of the sky
What is stratus?
400
Precipitation is usually associated with air pressure that is (rising / falling)
What is falling?
400
Cold and warm air masses meet and stall, bringing many days of clouds and precipitation
What is stationary front?
400
An air mass that forms over oceans
What is maritime?
500
Lines on a weather map joining places with the same air pressure
What is isobar?
500
These two things are needed in order for clouds to form
What is 1) cooling air and 2) particles?
500
The amount of water vapor given in a weather report
What is relative humidity?
500
A warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses
What is occluded front?
500
A cool, humid air mass forms over the North Atlantic Ocean - it would be identified or named as
What is maritime polar?
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