Air Masses
A change in air pressure is a sign of a change in the ________.
What is Weather
A low pressure system brings what type of weather?
What is lousy, with any of the following: clouds, winds, precipitation.
The border between two air masses that collide is called a ______.
What is a front.
What is the weight of air pressing down on an area called?
What is air pressure.
mT stands for what air mass?
What is Maritime Tropical
A high pressure system brings what type of weather?
What is Happy Highs with weather that is clear and sunny.
Which front is the only one that does not move?
What is a stationary front.
What is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure called?
What is wind.
If an air mass is warm and dry, it is...
What is Continental Tropical
What is the name of a scientist who studies the changes in weather?
What is a meteorologist.
Name the 4 types of fronts.
What is warm front, cold front, stationary front, and occluded front.
What front occurs when two air masses come together and neither is strong enough to push the other out?
What is a stationary front.
What are three things that a single air mass has about the same of?
What is temperature, humidity (amount of moisture), and air pressure.
Air moves from areas of ____ ____ to areas of _____ _____.
What is high pressure to low pressure.
What does a stationary front look like?
What is blue triangle and red circles facing opposite directions.
What front occurs when a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses?
What is an occluded front.
Name the 4 air masses that affect the U.S.
Air pressure is measured with a _______.
What is a barometer.
At a front, the ______air will always be pushed up over the _______ air
What is warmer.... cooler.
What is the definition for high pressure?
What is the atmospheric pressure is higher than the pressure in the surrounding areas resulting in clear skies and calm.