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Clouds
Air Pressure
Fronts
Tools
Mix it Up
100
Highest cloud in the troposphere made of ice crystals
What is a cirrus cloud?
100
define air pressure
What is amount of air pushing down above us?
100
Large area of air with similar characteristics: humidity, temperature, pressure
What is air mass?
100
measures air pressure
What is barometer?
100
What causes weather to move west to east in the US?
What is prevailing westerlies?
200
Clouds are made out of what 2 things?
What are dust particles and water droplets?
200
Does warm or cold air have higher pressure
What is cold air?
200
Boundary line between air masses
What is a front?
200
measures heat in the atmosphere
What is thermometer?
200
What is the ocean current that moves weather from the Gulf of Mexico up the Atlantic seaboard.?
What is gulf stream?
300
Why are clouds grey
What is sunlight cannot penetrate the water droplets
300
what happens to air pressure when you climb altitude?
What is lowers?
300
Weather that follows a cold front
What is short, heavy rains, winds, followed by cooler, dryer air?
300
Measure wind direction
What is wind vane?
300
What is the weather pattern that cause unseasonably warm and wet winters?
What is El Nino?
400
What type of clouds follow a warm front and produce long, steady rain?
What is stratus clouds?
400
What does High pressure indicate?
What is nice, clear weather?
400
Follows a warm front
What is long, steady light rain followed by warmer, moist air?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anenometer?
400
What is the name of a scientist who studies weather?
What is a meteorologist?
500
What clouds build vertically?
What is cumulonimbus
500
What can a meteorologist predict if the barometer is dropping?
What is stormy weather?
500
What direction do fronts generally move in the US?
What is West to East
500
Measures amount of rain.
What is a rain gauge?
500
WHat is the convection cell that blows from the ocean to the land?
What is sea breeze?