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Vocabulary
Weather Hazards and Pollution
Weather Instruments
Air Fronts, Masses and Pressure
Weather Relationships
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a boundary between two air masses
What is a front
100

What are four storms?

Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, Hurricanes, and Blizzards

100
measures temperature
What is a thermometer
100

What are the five different types of air masses?

Maritime Tropical, Maritime Polar, Continental Tropical, Continental Polar, and Continental Arctic

100
Temperature increases-_______ decreases
What is density OR What is Relative Humidity
200
measure of how much water vapor is in the air
What is humidity
200

What is the best spot to be in during a tornado?

Underground

200
measures dew point/ relative humidity
What is a sling psychrometer
200

What are the four different types of fronts?

Warm Front, Cold Front, Occluded Front, and Stationary Front

200
Pressure Increases- ______ decreases
What is temperature OR what is moisture
300
caused by the rotation of the Earth on its axis, responsible for curving the path of air and ocean currents across Earth,(N.H. to the right, S.H. to the left)
What is the Coriolis Effect
300

Where is the best spot to be if you live in a flood prone zone or along the coast during a hurricane?

High Ground or Inland

300
measures wind direction
What is a wind/weather vane
300

What are the affects of low and high pressure?

Low Pressure: cloudy, wet and warm weather and High Pressure: clear skies, dry and cold weather

300
CO2 Amount Increases- Air temperature ______
increases
400
intensity of sunlight
What is insolation
400
At this wind speed a storm is categorized as a hurricane

What is 74 mi/hr

400
measures wind speed
What is an anemometer
400

What is a stationary front?

When a cool air mass and warm air mass meet, but neither air mass moves the other.

400
Elevation Inc.- _______ Decreases
What is Pressure Or what is Water Vapor
500

What are the six weather variables

1. Temperature, 2. Air pressure, 3. Winds, 4. Humidity, 5. Cloud, and 6. Precipitation

500

What is the greenhouse effect?

When carbon dioxide acts like the glass of a greenhouse. It traps heat close to the Earth instead of letting it radiate back to space.

500
measures atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer
500

What are the affects of each of the five air masses?

MT: warm, moist & MP: cool, moist & CT: warm, dry & CP: cool, dry & CA: very cold, very dry

500
Chance of Precipitation increases when...
Air Temp. and dew point Close OR Dry Bulb and Wet Bulb Close