Miscellaneous
Cyclones form in this type of pressure system
Low Pressure
Water that moves across Earth's surface
Runoff
What does a rain gauge measure?
The amount of rain that has fallen
This front is represented by blue triangles
Cold Front
tall, thunderstorm clouds, may have flat tops
Cumulonimbus
Anticyclones form in this type of pressure system
High Pressure
The change from a liquid to a gas; when water becomes water vapor
Evaporation
What measures the current temperature?
Thermometer
This front is represented by red semicircles
Warm Front
white, puffy clouds with flat bottoms and rounded tops
Cumulus
This air mass forms over oceans.
Maritime Air Mass
What is precipitation?
What does a Barometer measure?
Air Pressure
This front is represented by alternating blue triangles and red semicircles
Stationary Front
gray clouds that cover the entire sky, look like fog
Stratus
Where does a continental air mass form?
Over Dry Land
When water evaporates from the leaves of plants
Transpiration
This measures wind direction
Wind Vane
On a weather map this front is represented by a line with alternating purple triangles and semicircles
Occluded Front
thin, white, wispy at high altitudes
Cirrus
What is a large body of air that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it develops.
Air Mass
Water that seeps below earth's surface to Groundwater
Percolation
This measures wind speed
Anemometer
What is a front?
The boundary where 2 air masses meet.
Altostratus
Altocumulus