Air Masses
Fronts
Pressure
Weather Maps
Clouds
Miscellaneous
100
A large body of air with uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
Air Mass
100
Draw the symbol for a cold front.
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100
The force exerted by the weight of the air above.
Air pressure
100
Which type of front is affecting Indiana?
Cold Front
100
What cloud produces thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus
100
The day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere.
Weather
200
___________ is used to describe air masses that form over land.
Continental
200
The name of a boundary that separates two different air masses where they meet.
Front
200
In a low air pressure system, air will ________. (RISE / SINK)
Rise
200
Which direction is the warm front moving?
North
200
If a cloud contains the root alto, it is probably a
Middle Level Cloud
200
How does weather differ from climate?
Climate is the long-term conditions of the atmosphere and weather is day-to-day conditions.
300
___________ is used to describe air masses that form over water.
Maritime
300
You can determine the direction an air mass is moving by the ___________ of the air mass symbol.
direction
300
Which system is associated with poor weather?
Low Pressure System
300
Which two cities are close to a high-pressure system?
Minneapolis & Dallas
300
What two things are used to classify clouds?
Altitude and appearance.
300
This term describes the height above sea-level.
Altitude
400
A maritime polar air mass would be described as _________ and _________.
Wet / Moist & Cold
400
Draw the symbol for the type of air mass that forms when neither the cold air mass nor the warm air mass is moving.
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400
Why does warm air rise and cold air sink?
(*Hint think density)
Warm air is less dense than cold air.
400
Which city will experience a warm front in a few days?
Atlanta
400
If you nimbo- in a cloud's name, what does this mean about the cloud?
rain or precipitation
400
Which layer of the atmosphere does weather take place in?
Troposphere
500
A cT air mass would be described as ___________ & ___________.
Dry & Warm
500
Form when a cold front follows right behind a warm front, and another cool air masses pushes into the warm air.
Occluded Front
500
What is created because of differences in air pressure?
Wind
500
Which is experiencing greater wind speeds: the Midwest or the Northwest?
Midwest
500
Classify the following clouds by their altitude (high, middle, or low).
-cirrocumulus
-nimbostratus
-altocumulus
cirrocumulus = high
nimbostratus = low
altocumulus = middle
500
Lines on a weather map that show equal pressure.
Isobars