Clouds
Air Masses
Fronts
Air Pressure and Weather
Test Prep
100
A collection of tiny water droplets or ice crystals
What is a cloud?
100
a large body of air where temperature and moisture content are similar throughout
What is air mass?
100
The boundary between different air masses
What is a front?
100
Scientists predict weather patterns by tracking what?
Cyclones and anticyclones
100
What is warm and dry?
This describes an air mass with the symbol cT. (type of weather)
200
Puffy, white clouds with flat bottoms
What are cumulus clouds?
200
the abbreviation (m)
What is maritime?
200
a cold air mass meets a warm air mass and stops
What is a stationary front?
200
What brings about stormy weather?
A cyclone has this affect on the weather.
200
What is northern Canada?
This location is where a continental polar air mass forms
300
This term is used to describe clouds that form at high altitudes
What is "cirro"?
300
What is a weather change?
This happens when air masses interact
300
a warm air mass caught between two colder air masses
What is an occluded front?
300
What is an anticyclone?
The rotation of air around a high-pressure center
300
This type of weather is typically brought on by an anticyclone.
What is clear and dry?
400
Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface from the clouds
What is precipitation?
400
What does the symbol on a weather map tell about an air mass?
What is moisture content and temperature?
400
Fronts are associated with weather in this location.
What are middle latitudes?
400
What is a cyclone?
An area with lower pressure than the surrounding area with winds spiraling towards the center
400
What is a stationary front?
This type of front typically brings about several days of cloudy, wet weather
500
Altitude in which a altostratus cloud forms
What is 4,000 m?
500
air mass that brings hurricanes to the East Coast of the United States
What is maritime tropical?
500
This type of weather is to be expected from an occluded front.
What is cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow?
500
What happens when you have high pressure?
This type of pressure if typical of an anticyclone
500
What is a warm front and what type of weather should you expect?
This type of front occurs when warm air replaces cold air. Drizzly rain is replaced by clear weather and sunshine.
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