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Vocabulary
Atmosphere, Wind, & Air Masses
Storms
Tools Used & Predicting
Weather & Climate
100
Gas (wind) rising and falling in a circular pattern is known as...
What is a convection current
100
True or False: Convection currents form when air temperatures are the same.
What is false
100
A storm warning means that...
A storm has already formed
100
This instrument is used to measure wind speed...
What is an anemometer
100
True or False: Average yearly rainfall will help a forecaster determine the climate of an area?
What is true
200
A large body of air that has the same properties all throughout is known as...
What is an air mass
200
As you move higher in the atmosphere, what happens to the air pressure?
Air pressure decreases
200
What type of storm is a column of wind being lifted up at one end and pressed down on another end, causing it to spin?
What is a tornado.
200
What does an ¨H¨ on a weather map stand for?
What is high pressure
200
The study of ________ is also known as meterology
What is weather
300
A location where two air masses meet is known as...
What is a front
300
What direction does wind generally blow?
What is West to East
300
Hurricanes get their energy from...
What is warm ocean water
300
This tool measures air pressure...
What is a barometer
300
This is the average weather of a location over 30 or more years...
What is climate
400
Items that meteorologists use to help them predict the weather are called...
What is weather tools
400
What does warm rising air at fronts cause?
What is precipitation
400
True or False: Tornadoes do not have to touch the ground
What is false
400
This tool measures the air temperature
What is a thermometer
400
If you found a fossil of a fish in the desert what would it tell you about the area?
That the desert probably once had a wet climate
500
What is the definition of climate?
What is the average weather conditions over a long period of time.
500
What layer of the atmosphere are clouds found in?
What is the troposphere
500
What is one thing that is needed to form a thunderstorm?
What is unstable atmosphere, lift, or moisture in the air.
500
This tool measures the direction of the wind...
What is a wind vane
500
Give at least two examples of a climate.
What is rain forest and desert