Front Facts
Jet Stream, Gulf Stream, and Winds
Weather Tools
Weather Predictions
Weather Patterns
100
The shape used for a cold front
What is a triangle
100
Which affects the coast of North Carolina, causing it to receive less snow than the rest of the state during the winter?
The Gulf Stream
100
A tool used to measure the temperature of air
What is a thermometer
100
If there is low pressure in an area what will the weather be like
Cloudy, warmer air, stormy
100
The direction that weather patterns move in the United States?
What is west to east
200
A curved red line with semi circles on it
What is the symbol for a warm front
200
Which of the following actions causes wind?
a. rotation of Earth on its axis
b. movement of air from water to land
c. uneven heating and cooling of Earth's surface
d. air passing Earth as it revolves around the Sun
C
200
A tool used to measure the direction of the wind
Weather vane
200
If there is a high pressure system coming into the area, what weather would you experience?
Clear skies
200
If you lived in the Southern Hemisphere, what season would you likely experience in August?
Winter
300
Describe how a stationary front looks
Curved line with blue triangles and red half circles
300
The diagram shows the movement of air. Which factor is MOST responsible for the movement of the air shown?
a. uneven heating of the air
b. imbalance in organisms breathing the air
c. sunlight getting blocked by the land
d. different levels of liquid in the air
A.
300
A tool used to measure the speed of the wind
What is an anemometer
300
A warm front is coming in, what kind of weather are you about to experience?
Warmer temps, rain
300
An air mass over a tropical ocean (would be)
What is warm and moist
400
The type of front that forms when three air masses of different temperatures meet
What is an occluded front
400
The map shows the average position of the jet stream in the winter. What weather condition will city A most likely experience?
colder than normal temperatures.
400
A tool used to measure the air pressure
What is a barometer
400
A cold front is coming in. What weather are you about to experience?
Storms, cooler temps
400
A swirling storm that produces high winds and rain that forms over warm ocean water
What is a hurricane
500
How do meteorologists know what weather is coming by looking at a front
fronts bring the weather that is behind them
500
Someone who studies weather
What is a meteorologist
500
Weather tool used to measure the amount of precipitation
Rain gauge
500
Which weather pattern has the most influence on the weather in NC?
Prevailing Westerlies move weather from West to East across the USA
500
Describe why the winds at the beach change direction from day to night.
Because the temperature over land and water change, causing the wind to change direction.