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Water in the Air
Air Masses and Fronts
Severe Weather
Forecasting the Weather
Vocabulary
100
These are the 3 major cloud types from high altitude to low altitude
What is cirrus, stratus, cumulus?
100
This front causes warm air to be pushed out by cold air.
What is cold front?
100
This is produced when air expands rapidly around a lightning strike.
What is thunder?
100
This is also called a weather prediction.
What is a forecast?
100
the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
200
Relative humidity is measured with this
What is a psychrometer?
200
This front has little movement and drizzly weather.
What is stationary front?
200
This product of severe weather gives rise to hurricanes and tornadoes.
What are thunderstorms?
200
These are 2 instruments that meteorologists use to collect weather data and make accurate predictions of the weather on Earth.
What are barometer, anemometer, thermometer, satellites?
200
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.
What is weather?
300
In order for condensation to occur, the relative humidity must be this number.
What is 100%?
300
This front has cold air mass that pushes out a warm air mass, as well as another cold air mass.
What is occluded front?
300
This product of severe weather is most responsible for weather-related deaths and damage.
What is flooding?
300
High air pressure indicates this type of weather.
What is clear, dry?
300
Large electrical discharges that occurs between 2 oppositely charged surfaces.
What is lightning?
400
You could also call this plant evaporation.
What is transpiration?
400
These are the 2 characteristics that are used when describing an air mass.
What are moisture and temperature?
400
These are the 3 main parts of a hurricane.
What are eye, eye wall, and rain bands?
400
This is small circle with symbols and numbers around it that provide weather information for a city.
What is a station model?
400
Lines that connect points of equal air pressure
What are isobars?
500
When talking about relative humidity, you compare how much water vapor is in the air to this.
What is how much the air could hold?
500
Because different air masses have different temperatures and humidity, they don't usually do this.
What is mix?
500
Prior to touching the ground, a tornado is called this.
What is a funnel cloud?
500
These are 2 pieces of equipment that are used to measure the weather in the upper atmosphere.
What are weather balloons, radar, satellites?
500
The temperature to which air must cool to be completely saturated.
What is dew point?