Meteorology Test Review

Clouds

100

Clouds form when

Air is cooled below the dew point

200

Clouds are classified by

Height

300

Cloud cover is divided into

Eighths

400

Cloud cover is what symbol in station models?

Circle

500

Cumulonimbus clouds bring this weather

Heavy rain and snow

Weather & Climate

100

Climate is

Long term weather averaging over 10 years

200

Weather has specific conditions such as

Sunny and rainy

300

Climate has broader conditions such as

Tropical and tundra

400

This shows weather data on a map

Station model

500

Gradual increase in Earth's temperature

Climate change

Layers of the Atmosphere

100

Weather occurs in this layer

Troposphere

200

Outermost layer is

Exosphere

300

Northern Lights are found in this layer

Thermosphere

400

This layer contains the ozone layer

Stratosphere

500

Meteors burn up in this layer

Mesosphere

Air Masses

100

An air mass is

Large volume of air with the same temperature

200

Air masses move from

High to low

300

Wind is measured with

Wind vane

400

Wind speed is measured by

Anemometer

500

cA, cP, cT, mT, mP stand for

Continental artic, continental polar, continental tropical, maritime tropical, maritime polar

Fronts

100

A front is

A boundary separating two different types of air

200

Cold front is

Cold air replacing warm air

300

Warm front is

Warm air moving over cold air

400

Stationary front is

When two different air masses collide

500

Occluded front is

When warm air gets stuck between two cold air masses