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Vocabulary
Winds
Forecasting/Maps
True/False
Misc.
100
The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
What is weather
100
Winds are created by this type of heat transfer in the atmosphere.
What is a convection current.
100
Draw the map symbol for a Low Pressure area.
What is "L"
100
A warm front is a moving mass of cold air
What is false
100
A boundary between 2 air masses, one cold and one warm, where warm air replaces the cold
What is a warm front
200
The layers of gases that surround the Earth.
What is the atmosphere
200
Winds blow are caused by the movement of air from _________ pressure to __________ pressure.
High to Low
200
This type of pressure system is indicated by a clear, sunny day.
What is a high pressure system
200
Warm fronts move in more quickly than cold fronts
What is false
200
Winds are deflected (turned) to the left in the Southern Hemisphere by this effect.
What is the Coriolis Effect.
300
A boundary between 2 air masses, one cold and one warm, where the cold air moves the warm.
What is a cold front
300
A wind that is created by local differences in temperature and pressure.
Local Wind
300
On a weather map, this type of front is indicated by a line with solid triangles
What is a cold front
300
The Coriolis effect causes winds in the Northern Hemisphere to deflect to the right.
What is true.
300
High pressure air masses are denser, stronger and are _______ temperatures than Low pressure air masses.
What is colder
400
The amount of force pushing on an area
What is pressure
400
A wind that blows steadily in a predictable direction over long distances.
What is a global wind.
400
Draw the symbol for an occluded front
What is a line with half circles and triangles on same side of line.
400
Sea breezes typically happen at night.
What is false
400
Uneven heating of the earth creates global convection currents that form winds blowing from these two directions.
What are North and South.
500
A body of air which has the same characteristics of temperature, moisture and pressure.
What is an air mass
500
Draw a picture showing how/why a land breeze forms. Include the following labels: (Warm, Cold, Low Pressure, Wind, High Pressure, jet stream)
Judged by Teacher
500
Draw the symbol for a warm front.
Line with half circles pointing in direction front is moving.
500
Weather occurs in the layer of the atmosphere called the troposphere.
What is true
500
This is the average year-after-year condition of temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds in an area.
What is the climate