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What causes your breath to make a spot on the window ?
Condensation
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How has technology helped meteorologists?
Improved technology can help predict the weather more closely.
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What kind of weather goes with:
Continental Polar
Continental Tropical
Maritime polar
Maritime tropical
Continental polar: Dry, cold
Continental Tropical: Dry, Warm
Maritime Polar: Moist, Cold
Maritime Tropical: Moist, warm
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What kind of weather will a cold front bring in?
Severe weather
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What is a convection current?
The transfer of energy
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What causes water vapor?
The process of evaporation
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Why are accurate forecasts important?
Answers may vary.
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What kind of air mass would occur in Florida and why.
Continental tropical because Florida is land and in a tropical region.
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What weather happens when the following fronts occur:
Warm front:
Cold front:
Stationary front:
Warm front: light to moderate rain
Cold front: Severe weather
Stationary front: Cloudy with light rain
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What are the 3 main factors that cause the water cycle?
Gravity, Density, Energy
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What is happening at C?
Condensation
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What does a Barometer measure?
Pressure
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How do air masses become affected by ocean currents?
Air masses take the weather from the currents below them.
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How do cold and warm fronts form?
A cold front forms when a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass, and a warm front forms when a warm air mass replaces a cold air mass
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What is is called when 2 air masses meet?
A front
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What is happening at A?
Evaporation
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What does an anemometer measure ?
Wind speed, wind direction, wind pressure.
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What are the 2 things we use to classify air masses?
Temperature and humidity
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Which is denser, warm air or cool air?
Cool air because the molecules in cool air are closer together
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Define Humidity
The amount of water vapor in the air
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What is happening at E?
Accumulation/ Collection
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What does a hygrometer measure?
The amount of water vapor or humidity in the air.
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What is the difference between a high pressure and low pressure system?
A high pressure system is like a big, heavy blanket of air pushing down, usually bringing clear skies and dry weather, while a low pressure system is like a lighter, rising bubble of air, often leading to clouds and rain because the air is moving upwards
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Draw a quick diagram of warm front, cold front, and stationary front.
Answers will vary
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Label the water cycle
Starting with the first arrow:
1) Condensation
2) precipitation
3) runoff
4) Accumulation
5) Evaporation
6) Transpiration