Weather Forecasts
Name of a scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it.
Meteorologist
A violent disturbance in the atmosphere that produces severe weather is called a ___________.
Storm
An arid region gets very little rain per year and is more commonly known as this type of climate.
Desert
A zone that ranges from from 66.5-90 north and south latitude and has bitterly cold winters is a __________ zone.
Polar
The heating of Earth's surface from atmospheric gases is known as _____________ _____________.
Greenhouse Effect
Isobars are lines on a map that join places that have the same _________ pressure.
Air
When a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass forcing the warm air up it is what kind of front?
Cold Front
A region that has short, cool summers followed by bitterly cold winters. Hint: Starts with a T
Tundra
______________ climates occur inland and are often characterized by cold winters and hot summers.
Continental
Give two examples of how humans could impact climate change.
Fossil Fuels, Deforestation, Aerosols
This tool enables a meteorologist to follow the path of an approaching thunderstorm. Hint: Doppler
Radar
What kind of storm forms with winds exceeding 119 km/hr, forms over warm ocean water, and forms as a low pressure area?
Hurricane
Polar ______ ________ are covered with ice and snow and are always at or below freezing. Hint: 2 words
Ice Caps
Prevailing ___________ carry warm, moist air or cool air over land.
Winds
What are the two factors that affect any region's climate?
Temperature and Precipitation
A diagram that shows all the important weather information, such as temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, etc. is called a station ___________.
Model
A ____________ front forms when a cold air mass and warm air mass meet but cannot move each other. An ___________ front forms when a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses.
Stationary: Occluded
Rapidly, whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down and touches Earth's surface is what kind of storm?
Tornado
When one side of a mountain has lots of rain and the other side has very little rain.
Rain Shadow
Maritime or marine climate means you live near what?
Water, Ocean
Isotherms are lines on a map that join places based on the same _____________. Hint: Therm
Temperature
Thunderstorms are formed from which type of cloud?
Cumulonimbus
The average, year-to-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area is called _____________.
Climate
The presence of _____________ in the path of prevailing winds blocks movement and influences where rain falls.
Mountains
Prevailing westerlies are the major wind belts over continental United States and generally push air masses from ________ to _________.
West to East