Scientist who study and predict the weather are called this
What is a Meteorologist?
100
What do the blue and red striped lines on a map mean?
Stationary front
100
What are the four major storms?
Thunderstorm, Tornado, Hurricane, and Winterstorm
100
What is Convection? (Look at your notes)
What is the transfer of energy due to the movement of matter?
200
What are the three types of clouds?
Cirrus, Cumulus, and Stratus
200
A large volume of air in which temperature and weather are nearly the same throughout
What is air mass?
200
What does the "L" mean on a weather map
Low Pressure
200
These are also known as electrical storms.
What are thunderstorms?
200
This is the average Kinetic Energy of particles
Temperature
300
What is the dew point?
Temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation
300
High Pressure brings this kind of weather.
What is nice weather?
300
The study of weather and Earth's atmosphere is called this
What is meteorology
300
What speed do the winds blowing have to be to be considered a hurricane?
What is 74 mph or 119 km/h
300
The transfer of energy from one object to another by direct contact
What is Conduction?
400
What are the types of clouds based on altitude?
Low, middle, high, vertical development
400
What happens to the air masses during a warm front?
The warm air mass slides up over a retreating cold air mass.
400
Analysis of scientific data to predict future weather conditions is called what?
What is weather forecasting?
400
Huge mass of ocean water that gets pushed onto coastal areas, causing sea levels to rise several meters
What is storm surge?
400
This is the total kinetic energy of particles
What is Thermal Energy?
500
This occurs when an obstacle, such as a mountain range, forces a mass of air upward
What is orographic lifting?
500
Long distance winds that travel above global winds for thousand of kilometers
What are jet streams?
500
What are the eight elements of weather?
Air temperature, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, clouds, precipitation, atmospheric pressure, and visibility
500
What are the 3 stages of a thunderstorm?
Stage 1 - Warm air rises creating cumulus clouds
Stage 2 - Ice particles may form at the top of the cloud and fall, bringing cold air down, creating a downdraft and heavy rain and hail
Stage 3 - Storm slows or ends as the downdraft prevents the warm air from rising
500
Energy needed to change the weather comes from this.