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Meteorology
Air Masses
Clouds/Storms
Storms/Weather Safety
Vocabulary
100
Relative humidity is measured with this.
What is a psychrometer?
100
An air mass that forms over the ocean and is full of moisture.
What is maritime?
100
High feathery, wispy clouds
What are cirrus clouds?
100
A violent flood that occurs after a storm.
What is flash flood?
100
A line drawn on a map to show areas of equal pressure.
What is an isobar?
200
Small lines at the end of the line that represents wind direction on a weather map indicate this.
What is wind speed?
200
An air mass that forms over land and is dry.
What is continental?
200
Clouds form when...
1) Air cools and condenses 2) particles are in the air for the water to condense upon.
200
A hurricane's high winds and low pressure create this.
What is storm surge?
200
A long period of scarce rainfall or dry weather.
What is a drought?
300
These tools collect weather data for meteorologists.
What are weather balloons and satellites?
300
An air mass that comes from the poles and is cold.
What is polar?
300
An anticyclone brings this type of weather.
What is a high pressure system bringing clear skies and dry weather?
300
A storm that forms within large cumulonimbus clouds and produces rain and lightning is called.
What is a thunderstorm?
300
The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not easily mix.
What is a front?
400
On a weather map, a cold front is shown this way.
What is as a blue line with triangles pointing in the direction the front is moving?
400
An air mass that comes from the equator and is hot.
What is tropical?
400
Cyclones bring this type of weather.
What is low pressure, storms and precipitation?
400
Rain or snow happen in this type of pressure system.
What is low pressure or a falling pressure system?
400
The process by which water vapor enters the atmosphere during the water cycle?
What is evaporation?
500
On a weather map, a warm front is shown this way.
What is a red line with semicircles facing in the directions that the front is moving?
500
This happens at a warm front.
What is the warm air moves slowly over the cold air producing clouds (dry air) or steady rain (moist air)?
500
Thunderstorms and tornadoes form in these types of clouds.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
Snowstorms are dangerous because...
What are high winds?
500
Lines connecting areas of similar temperature on a weather map.
What are isotherms?