Vocab
A large mass of rotating air that has more pressure than their surroundings.
What is a high pressure or a high?
The suns energy heats the ____ faster than the ____.
What is
1. Land
and
2. Ocean
What is it called where two air masses meet?
What is a front.
Scientists use this to measure pressure
What is a Barometer
True or false: Air warms over land and cools over the ocean during the day.
True.
A large mass of rotating air that is rising.
What is a low or low pressure?
The ____ cools down slower than the ____.
What is
1. Ocean
and
2. Land
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.
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.
When does a land breeze happen?
What is during the night.
The border between an advancing mass of cold air and a receding mass of warm air.
What is a cold front?
Hot air goes ___ because it is ______.
What is
1. Up
and
2. Less dense
This kind of front brings warmer temperatures and many days of steady rain.
What is a warm front.
These kinds of temperatures are associated with high pressure?
What are cooler temperatures.
When does a sea breeze happen?
What is during the day.
The border between an advancing mass of warm air and a receding mass of cooler air
What is a warm front?
Cold air goes _____ because it is ______.
What is
1. Down
and
2. More dense
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.
These kinds of temperatures are associated with low pressure?
What are warmer temperatures.
During a land breeze, the air above land is _____ and the air above the sea is _____.
What is
1. Sinking
and
2. Rising
A body of air in the atmosphere that has mostly constant temperature, humidity, and pressure.
What is an air mass?
Wind is caused by ________ creating differences in _________.
What is
1. Uneven Heating
and
2. Air pressure
4 characteristics that determine the weather
What are temperature, humidity (moisture), air pressure and wind.
A high-pressure air mass moves into an area, the kind of weather we can expect
What are clear skies and sunny.
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.