Atmosphere
What is the first layer of the atmosphere called?
What is the troposphere.
What do you call a scientist who studies and predicts weather?
Who is a Meteorologist?
Which symbol shows only triangles on a line?
What is a cold front?
This severe storm is shown on the map as a circular swirl of clouds over the ocean?
What is a hurricane?
Which front occurs when a warm air mass moves into a cold air mass?
What is a warm front?
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
What is the stratosphere?
What instrument is used to measure amounts of rainfall?
What is a rain gauge?
Which symbol shows half circles only on a line?
What is a warm front?
These are the 4 main types of precipitation.
What are rain, sleet, snow, and hail?
Which front occurs when a cold air mass moves into a warm mass?
What is a cold front?
In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
What is the troposphere?
What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
What is a barometer?
Which symbol shows both half circles on one side of the line and triangles on the other side (alternating)?
What is a stationary front?
This storm is characterized by it's funnel shape.
What is a tornado?
In which front would you see a cold air mass and a warm air mass moving toward one another and then getting stalled?
What is a stationary front?
Which layer of the atmosphere is the coldest?
What is the Mesosphere?
Weather stations gather what kind of weather data?
What is real time weather data?
Which symbol shows both triangles and half circles alternating on the same side of the line?
What is an occluded front?
This kind of severe weather forms inside of a cumulonimbus cloud.
What is a thunderstorm?
Which front occurs when a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses?
What is an occluded front?
Which layer of the atmosphere has the greatest air pressure?
What is the troposphere?
This is a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in earth's atmosphere.
What are clouds
These lines on a weather map join places that have the same air pressure
What are Isobars?
This storm is a low pressure system that forms over warm water near the equator.
What is a hurricane?
What helps move air masses and weather systems around the globe?
What are jet streams?