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Weather
Climate
Predicting Weather
Severe Storms
Miscellaneous
100
The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
What is the water cycle?
100
This climate zone is located in the equatorial region.
What is a tropical climate?
100
This type of front is where cold air moves under warm air.
Cold front
100
Northern Indiana often experiences this due to its position close to Lake Michigan.
Lake-effect snow
100
Measures air pressure with the millibar as the unit of measurement.
What is a barometer?
200
The changing of gas to a liquid as heat is removed
What is condensation?
200
The average weather pattern over a region.
What is climate?
200
This type of front is when warm air moves over cold air.
Warm front
200
The sound given off by the explosive expansion of air heated by a light stroke.
What is thunder?
200
A location that records temperature, wind direction, wind speed, and humidity.
What is a weather station?
300
The temperature at which moisture in the atmosphere condenses because the air is saturated.
What is the dew point?
300
The distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
300
A large region of the atmosphere in which the air has similar properties throughout.
What is an air mass?
300
This is the first stage in a tornado's development
What is supercell?
300
This instrument measures humidity.
What is a psychrometer?
400
The force exerted on a given area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure?
400
The two main factors that determine the climate.
What are temperature and precipitation?
400
When cold and warm air stop moving.
Stationary front
400
This type of storm features winds over 35 mph, heavy snow and low visibility.
Blizzard
400
What are four types of precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
500
The Earth's rotation pushes the winds to either the right or the left?
What is the Coriolis Effect?
500
Average temps are above 64 degrees in summer and below 50 degrees in winter in this cliamte zone.
What is temperate?
500
When warm air moves in over a cold air mass and brings light steady rain or snow.
What is a warm front?
500
Warm humid air pulled into a funnel shaped column.
What is a tornado?
500
This instrument measures wind speed.
Anemometer