Air Masses
Misc.
Air
Severe Weather
Wind
Precipitation
100
What is the symbol for a cold front
Blue line with triangles
100
What is the sign for a stationary front?
Alternating red semi circles and blue triangles, facing opposite directions.
100
This is how much water vapor the air is capable of holding at one time
Relative Humidity
100
This type of severe weather occurs often at cold fronts and contain heavy rains, strong winds, and lighting.
Thunderstorms
100
This is caused by a difference in air pressure
Wind
100
What step of the water cycle occurs just before precipitation?
Condensation
200
This Cloud tells you a thunderstorm is on its way.
Cumulonimbus
200
What is the name of the cycle that recycles water to the earth?
Water cycle
200
Air pressure decreases as altitude ___________.
Increases
200
What type of storm is a rapidly rotating column of air, capable of intense destruction?
Tornado
200
Wind speed is measured with this....
Anemometer
200
This can be rain, snow or ice
Precipitation
300
A continental polar air mass would have what type of characteristics
Dry and cold
300
This climate is always cold and there is a type of bear named after it.
Polar
300
Name the layers of the atmosphere in ascending (rising) orders.
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere.
300
Where do hurricanes that hit the US form?
The Atlantic ocean, off the coast of Africa.
300
Near the poles, cold air sinks creating an area of
High pressure
300
When electricity builds up in the clouds and then discharges on the ground.
Lightning
400
What type of air mass would be warm and wet?
Tropical maritime
400
The Scandinavian countries of Norway, Finland, and Sweden are very far north, and yet still experience somewhat warm summers. What is the cause of this?
Warm ocean currents create a warmer environment as they flow past these countries.
400
Hot air __________ because it is ______ dense.
Rises, less
400
What is the driving force or source of energy for hurricane formation?
Warm, wet water over the ocean.
400
Near the equator warm air rises creating an area of ?
Low pressure
400
Snow that begins to melt as it reaches the ground, but doesn't melt completely
Sleet
500
What type of weather would you expect to see with warm front?
Rise in temperature, slow drizzly rain.
500
What wind belts are located between 0° and 30° latitude and aided in the early days of commerce?
Trade winds
500
The cyclical movement of rising warm air, and sinking cooler air is known as...
Convection
500
Knowing what powers hurricanes, when do you think hurricane "season" is? Double points if you can tell me the exact months
June through November
500
Define a sea breeze
Warm air over the land rises, cooler air over the water rushes to fill in. The warm air cools as it rises, then sinks over the ocean.
500
This is caused when water droplets are carried high into the atmosphere by strong updrafts, sometimes several times, before falling as balls of ice?
Hail