Vocab
Movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface.
What is the Water Cycle
Matter (water) can be in three different states.
What is solid, liquid and gas
Cold fronts bring what type of weather?
What is severe weather. Ie. Storms, cumulonimbus clouds, etc.
Meteorologists use the same symbols around the world. T or F
What is True.
There are two types of ocean currents
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface.
What is precipitation
During Evaporation water goes from a ______ to a ________.
Warm fronts move __________ than cold fronts.
A weather vane measures wind ______.
What is direction.
DAILY DOUBLE:
How old is Mrs. Tilton?
What is 32
The boundary where the air masses meet.
What is a front
During condensation water goes from a _______ to a ________.
What is a gas to a liquid
An air mass that is classified as warm and wet
What is maritime tropical
A rain gauge measures _______.
What is precipitation.
In the northern hemisphere the ocean currents go in which direction?
What is clockwise
Scientists who study the causes of weather and TRY to predict it.
Who is a meteorologist
During precipitation water goes from a ______ to a _______.
What is a liquid to a liquid/solid
An air mass that is classified at cold and dry.
What is continental polar
High pressure areas and low pressure areas are usually shown on weather maps with what symbols?
What is a capitol H and L.
In the southern hemisphere the ocean currents go in which direction?
What is Counter Clockwise
The average conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds in an area.
What is climate
2 forces help to keep the water cycle going. Explain.
What is the sun/heat and gravity.
A front that has 3 air masses all moving. One warm and 2 cold is called.
What is an occluded front
______________ improvements in gathering weather data and using computers have increased the accuracy of weather forecasts.
what is technological
The four factors that influence temperature are?
what are distance from large bodies of water, ocean currents, altitude and latitude