Weather Reporting
What does an anemometer measure?
Wind Speed
What is the weight of the air pressing against a surface?
Air Pressure
What is the boundary where two air masses meet?
A front.
Which type of clouds are thin and feathery?
Cirrus
What are predictions of weather patterns?
Forecasts
What does a barometer measure?
What is a large area of air with nearly the same temperature and moisture throughout?
What kind of front is created when a warm air mass moves in to replace a retreated cold air mass?
Warm Fronts
Which type of clouds are grey, flat, and look like a blanket covering the sky?
Stratus
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What instrument measures the amount of precipitation?
What is created when air heats up, expands, and rises? It is associated with rainy, stormy weather.
Low Pressure Areas
What kind of front is created when a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass?
Cold Fronts
Which type of clouds are white, rounded, puffy clouds?
Cumulus
What natural phenomenon usually comes after a rainstorm?
A rainbow
What instrument measures air temperature?
Thermometer
What is created when the air cools, becomes denser, and sinks? Often associated with clear, dry, and fair weather.
High Pressure Areas
What front is the boundary that forms when warm and cold air meet but move very little?
Stationary Front
Which type of clouds are tall, dark, storm clouds?
Cumulonimbus
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Who studies the weather?
Meteorologists
What are the symbols used on a map for high and low pressure areas?
H - High-Pressure Areas
L - Low-Pressure Areas
Draw on the board what the symbols are used on maps that represent cold, warm, and stationary fronts.
Half circles - Warm front
Triangles - Cold Front
Half circles and triangles - Stationary front
Which type of clouds are sometimes associated with tornadoes?
Cumulonimbus
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is the daily condition of the atmosphere, Climate is the average weather in one place over a long period of time.