A system that produces pleasant, dry, sunny weather is this.
What is high pressure?
100
This type of front happens when warm and cold air push against each other and the front stays in place, producing the same weather.
What is stationary front?
100
This kind of air mass forms over land and brings cool, dry weather.
What is continental polar?
100
This is the process when water vapor is carried into the air and turns to clouds.
What is condensation?
200
This is an instrument used for measuring temperature.
What is a thermometer?
200
A system that produces rainy, miserable weather is this.
What is low pressure.
200
When a warm front moves in, this is what happens to a cold front.
What is the cold front pushes ahead and climbs over causing thickening clouds and slow precipitation?
200
This kind of air mass forms over land and brings warm, humid weather.
What is Maritime Tropical?
200
A spacecraft that helps meteorologists see weather systems that are far away and show cloud cover in one area is known as this.
What is a satellite?
300
This is the name of the instrument that tells wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
The larger the difference of ________, the faster and stronger the wind is.
What is air pressure?
300
When a cold front moves in, this is what happens to a warm front.
What is the warm front pushes upward and forms clouds and short precipitation.
300
This climate zone is known for its cold temperatures; precipitation usually in the form of snow; tundras, glaciers, and ice; and lack of vegetation.
What is polar?
300
What is the amount of water vapor in the air called this.
What is humidity?
400
This is the name of the instrument that tells the direction of the wind.
What is a wind vane?
400
Moist, warm air rises, cools, and condenses forming clouds and wet weather. This is weather from a ___ pressure system.
What is low?
400
Cold, heavy air whose particles are close together and hold less moisture results in this.
What is an occluded front?
400
This climate zone is known for its moderate (or average) temperatures; and warm summers and cool winters.
What is temperate?
400
The weather phenomenon where the western side of a mountain is dry and barren, while the eastern side is covered in thick, rich vegetation, is known as this.
What is the Rain Shadow Effect?
500
This instrument is used gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation over a set period of time.
What is a rain gauge?
500
This pressure system causes air to sink.
What is high?
500
Cold fronts usually move in this direction.
What is northwest to southeast?
500
This climate zone is known for its hot temperature and high humidity, rainforests, and is located along the equator.
What is tropical?
500
This is known as the condition of the atmosphere at a place for a short period of time.