Weather Facts
The amount of water vapor in the air is called...
What is humidity?
What is a barometer?
This type of air mass forms over land...
What is a continental air mass?
You would expect temperature to rise after what kind of front moves through an area?
What is a warm front?
What scale is used in the U.S. to measure air temperature?
What is Fahrenheit?
Name a tool that scientists use to measure weather conditions in the upper atmosphere.
What are weather balloons, satellites or Dopplar Radar?
What unit of measurement is used to measure air pressure?
What are millibars?
The name of an air mass that forms over water...
What is a maritime air mass?
How is a cold front marked on a weather map?
What is a line with blue triangles?
A wind vane is used to measure ____________.
What is wind direction?
The weather station symbol on the board indicates that there is how much cloud cover in the area?
What is clear skies (no clouds)?
These lines on a weather map connect areas of equal air pressure.
What are isobars?
An air mass that is labelled as cT on a weather map stands for what?
What is continental Tropical?
What is a weather front?
What is the boundary where 2 different air masses meet.
This tool is used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to what it can actually hold is called
What is relative humidty?
Which type of pressure system is most likely to bring clouds and precipitation:
What is a low pressure system?
What is dry and cold?
Stationary fronts results in what type of weather conditions?
What is extended periods of cloudiness and precipitation?
What is a sling psychrometer?
The weather station symbol on the board indicates that the winds are from which direction and at what wind speed?
What are from the East at 15 mph?
Wind is created as air moves from areas of __________ to ______________.
What is from areas of high pressure to low pressure?
Name the geographic source of a maritime tropical air mass (i.e., where would it come from)?
What is the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean Sea?
List the 4 main types of weather fronts.
What are: Cold, warm, stationary and occluded
Rising barometric pressure means that the weather will be....