Air Masses
A large body of air with similar temperature and moisture
What is an air mass
This is the most common form of precipitation.
What is rain.
These are 2 kinds of weather fronts and their symbols.
What is a cold front (pointy, like triangles or icicles) and warm front (curved, half circles)
This instrument measures temperature
What is a thermometer
This is the term that describes any form of water that falls from clouds
What is precipitation
This air mass brings cold and dry conditions.
What is Continental polar?
These are ice pellets that are larger than 5 mm and form during a thunderstorm.
What is hail.
What happens when two air masses collide?
What is a weather front
This instrument measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer
It is sunny today but raining tomorrow. Is this weather or climate?
What is weather.
This air mass originates over the water.
What is a maritime air mass?
How does precipitation affect Earth's water cycle?
What is it returns water to the surface, filling up lakes, rivers, and groundwater.
This is the symbol for a warm front
What is curved or half circles.
This instrument usually has a pointer or arrow that points into the wind.
What a wind vane
The desert gets only a few centimeters of rain each year. It is a very dry place.
What is climate
What does "continental" in an air mass name mean?
What is an air mass that forms over a land area.
This is the instrument that is used to measure rain.
What is the rain gauge.
What happens when a cold front overtakes a warm front, bringing a mix of weather conditions, including rain or snow?
What is an occluded front?
Why are weather instruments used?
To help predict/ forecast weather/ ,measure weather data
A low pressure system brings what kind of weather?
What is cloudy skies, strong winds, and the potential for precipitation -rain, snow, or storms
Which air mass is most likely to bring cold, dry weather to the eastern United States during the winter? Give the air mass name and its abbreviation.
What is Continental Polar (cP)?
These are the 5 common types of precipitation.
What are rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow.
What kind of weather does a warm front bring?
What is gentle rain/ drizzles/ war temperatures.
This instrument measures the amount of snow in a given area
What is a rain guage
What does evaporation mean?
What is when water on the surface is dried up by the sun