Fronts
Air Masses
Clouds
Stormy Weather
Weather maps and instruments
100
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What type of weather front is this
What is a stationary front?
100
What are the characteristics of maritime polar air masses?
What is cool and humid
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100
Which type of activity would most likely be included on a weather map?
What is a hurricane.
200
What weather is associated with most warm fronts
What is cloud formation bring precipitations
200
a large body of air with a uniform temperature and humidity that creates distinct weather conditions
What is air mass
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado
200
tool that measures air pressure
What is a barometer
300
This weather map indicates a front extending through the central part of the United States.
What weather conditions would be predicted at the place designated by X as the front moves eastward?
What is failing temperature with heavy rainfall.
300
The arrows on the map represent the movement of air masses across North America.
Select the two terms that most likely describe the weather conditions that air mass 1 would bring to a region?
What is cool and dry
300
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300
tool that measures wind speed
What is Anemometer
400
a boundary between two air masses that differ in temperature, density, humidity, and wind.
What is a front.
400
What would a warm air mass over the ocean most likely cause?
Ex; Weather
What is rainfall
400
The picture shows four types of clouds.
At which location is rainfall most likely to occur?
what is 4
400
What major and potentially catastrophic events can be predicted to occur in the Northern Hemisphere between the months of June and November?
What is Hurricane
400
During a heavy rain, water collects behind a flood control dam. What happens to the collected water?
- A The water is all used for drinking.
- B The water is hauled away by trucks.
- C The water is held until it all evaporates.
- D The water is slowly released to the watershed.
What is D?
500
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What type of front is this
What is a cold front.
500
What happens to a moist air mass as it moves upward in the atmosphere?
What is, it becomes cooler and forms clouds.
500
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
500
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
500
When stratospheric ozone levels are reduced, the amount of ultraviolet radiation hitting Earth increases. Ozone depletion is most often caused
- A by the reversal of the magnetic field of Earth.
- B when fluorocarbons are released into the atmosphere.
- C when electromagnetic waves from the Sun increase.
- D by abrupt changes in weather and climate patterns.
What is B