Clouds
Weather Facts
Fronts
Seasons
Hodge Podge
100
What are clouds made of?
water and dust particles
100
Humidity is the amount of this in the air?
water vapor or moisture
100
The symbol for a cold front is a curved line with this shape on it.
triangle
100
The Earth is tilted on its axis this many degrees.
23.6
100
The transfer of heat from one object to another is called this?
Conduction
200
Name the 3 MAIN types of clouds.
cumulus, stratus and cirrus
200
When clouds become saturated it begins to
rain
200
A warm front usually moves in this direction.
SW -> NW
200
When the sun shines directly on the Southern Hemisphere it is this season there.
Summer
200
Objects on the surface absorbs solar energy and converts it to this form of energy.
Thermal energy
300
This type of cloud is wispy and feathery and made of ice particles.
cirrus
300
Any form of water that falls from the sky is called
precipitation
300
The weather forecast indicates an occluded front coming into the area within the next 24 hours. What kind of weather should be expected?
bad weather; unstable temperatures
300
True or False
In March, the Southern and Northern Hemispheres experience the same season.
False
300
This instrument measures atmospheric pressure.
Barometer
400
This type of cloud appears as flat sheets and can mean an overcast day?
Stratus
400
When light from the Sun is more spread out away from the equator, the temperature is this?
Colder
400
As a result of a cold front, this kind of weather will be sure to follow
heavy rains or violent thunderstorms
400
In September, it is this season in the Southern Hemisphere.
Spring
400
You get this when more dense air slides underneath less dense air, causing the less dense to be lifted upward.
Air Mass
500
clouds form when this kind of air rises, expands and cools.
warm air
500
Someone who is trained to predict the weather is called a
meteorologist
500
warm air mass meets and rises above cold air masses during this kind of front
warm
500
This is the imaginary lines that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator
500
Light rays travel in this direction.
Straight line