Weather

What is weather?

100

This type of cloud appear curly with high, thin, white feathery clouds made of ice crystals?

What is cirrus cloud

200

These are the three main clouds?

What is stratus, cumulus and cirrus

300

This is the amount of water vapor present in the air

What is humidity

400

Changes with the amount of water vapor in the air

What is dew point

500

This term is Latin for the term nimbus

What is "dark rain cloud"

Weather Patterns

100

A boundary between two air masses of different density, moisture or temperature

What is a front

200

This is a large body of air that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it develops

What is an air mass

300

This is a large, swirling low pressure system that forms over the Atlantic Ocean

What is a hurricane

400

This front is shown as a map as a blue line with triangles

What is a cold front

500

This measures atmospheric pressure

What is a barometer

Weather Forecasts

100

This person studies the weather

What is a meteorologist

200

This model shows the weather conditions at one specific location

What is a station model

300

Define isotherm

What is a line that connects points of equal temperature

400

This is a line drawn to connect points of equal temperature

What is an isobar

500

A meteorologist uses this to to track a tornado

What is a Doppler radar