Air Masses
The force caused by the weight of the air_____is called air pressure
What is above
This is the name for the boundary where two air masses meet.
What is a front?
This is the symbol used on a weather map to represent a high pressure system.
What is a blue H?
This is how you can determine which direction a weather front is moving on a weather map.
What is the direction the symbols are facing?
This is the name for the tool used to measure wind direction.
What is a weather vane or wind sock?
Areas closer to the equator receive more of ________ radiation and are therefore warmer
What is "the sun's?"
This weather front forms when a warm air mass slowly moves over a cold, denser air mass, it produces drizzly rain and then clear sunny weather.
What is a warm front?
What is rising air that condenses to form clouds?
This is the difference between weather and climate.
What is climate is the long-term average weather in a region while weather is referencing the daily conditions?
This is the name for the person who analyzes weather data and create weather forecasts.
What is a meteorologist?
These are the two aspects of weather which can be determined by where an air mass forms.
What are temperature and moisture content?
This is the weather front that forms when a cold air mass pushes up a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe weather.
What is a cold front?
Cool, dense particles are associated with this type of pressure system.
What is high pressure?
This is the tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
It measures the moisture content in the air
What is hygrometer ?
A cool wind that blows from the ocean towards the land during the day.
What is a sea breeze?
This type of weather front forms when a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but neither has enough force to move the other.
What is a stationary front?
Wind blows from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure. (True/False)
What is false?
This type of weather front is represented by alternating triangles and semi-circles on the same side of the line on a weather map.
What is an occluded front?
This is the name for the instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure.
What is an anemometer?
Differences in air pressure and temperature cause
What are winds, storms, and other weather patterns caused by?
This is the front that forms when a warm air mass is trapped between two cooler air masses.
What is an occluded front?
A cool, __________ system typically brings clear skies and pleasant weather
What is high-pressure
This is the term used to describe rain, freezing rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
This is the name for the weather instrument used by meteorologists to determine the amount of rain that falls in a particular area.
What is an rain guage?