Vocab
Fill In The Blank
Fronts and Weather
Air Pressure
Land and Sea Breeze
100

A large mass of rotating air that has more pressure than their surroundings.

What is a high pressure or a high?

100

The suns energy heats the ____ faster than the ____.

What is

1. Land 

and

2. Ocean

100

What is it called where two air masses meet?

What is a front.

100

Scientists use this to measure pressure

What is a Barometer

100

True or false: Air warms over land and cools over the ocean during the day.

True.

200

A large mass of rotating air that is rising.

What is a low or low pressure?

200

The ____ cools down slower than the ____.

What is 

1. Ocean

and

2. Land

200

The weather forecast says that the weather will be turning very cold very quickly with the chance of thunderstorms. This is what type of front approaching?

What is a cold front.

200

True or false, Air moves from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure.

False. Air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

200

When does a land breeze happen?

What is during the night.

300

The border between an advancing mass of cold air and a receding mass of warm air.

What is a cold front?

300

Hot air goes ___ because it is ______.

What is

1. Up

and

2. Less dense

300

This kind of front brings warmer temperatures and many days of steady rain. 

What is a warm front.

300

These kinds of temperatures are associated with high pressure?

What are cooler temperatures.

300

When does a sea breeze happen?

What is during the day.

400

The border between an advancing mass of warm air and a receding mass of cooler air

What is a warm front?

400

Cold air goes _____ because it is ______.

What is 

1. Down

and

2. More dense

400

Describe the water cycle

What is water evaporates into the air, then condenses into clouds, then precipitates and can flow into rivers, streams, puddles, to repeat the process.

400

These kinds of temperatures are associated with low pressure?

What are warmer temperatures.

400

During a land breeze, the air above land is _____ and the air above the sea is _____. 

What is 

1. Sinking

and

2. Rising

500

A body of air in the atmosphere that has mostly constant temperature, humidity, and pressure.

What is an air mass?

500

Wind is caused by ________ creating differences in _________.

What is 

1. Uneven Heating

and

2. Air pressure

500

4 characteristics that determine the weather

What are temperature, humidity (moisture), air pressure and wind. 

500

A high-pressure air mass moves into an area, the kind of weather we can expect

What are clear skies and sunny.

500

How does air pressure cause a sea breeze?

What is air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure so high pressure air over the ocean rushes in to take the place of the rising low pressure air over land.