Weather

Front 1

The _______________ is made of several layers of air that surround the earth like a blanket?

Back 1

atmosphere

Front 2

The air in the atmosphere is mostly made of _________________ and _____________.

Back 2

nitrogen
oxygen

Front 3

We live in _______________.

Back 3

tropsphere

Front 4

Name the properties of weather?

Back 4

temperature, humidity, air pressure, and precipitation

Front 5

______________ is the condition of the atmosphere at any given time or place?

Back 5

weather

Front 6

What is always changing?

Back 6

weather

Front 7

________________ is the amount of water vapor in the air.

Back 7

humidity

Front 8

As temperature changes, air moves creating _______________.

Back 8

wind

Front 9

Air temperature is measured with a ___________________.

Back 9

thermometer

Front 10

__________ have low humidity and ___________ ____________ have high humidity.

Back 10

deserts
wet areas

Front 11

Air is more humid around __________________>

Back 11

oceans and lakes

Front 12

Humidity is measured with a _________________.

Back 12

hydrometer

Front 13

____________ ____________ is the force of air pushing on an area.

Back 13

Air Pressure

Front 14

Because particles of cool air are close together, cool air ______________ than warm air.

Back 14

weighs more

Front 15

____________ ____________ has more pressure and _______ down.

Back 15

Cool Air
sinks

Front 16

Warm air __________.

Back 16

rises

Front 17

Air pressure is measured with a __________.

Back 17

barometer

Front 18

______________ is any form of water that falls from clouds like rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

Back 18

precipitation

Front 19

Rain is measured with a __________ __________ and snow is measured with a _____________.

Back 19

rain gauge
ruler

Front 20

A _____________ 0r _______ ___________ __________ measures the direction the wind is blowing and an __________ measures the speed of wind.

Back 20

weather or wind vane
anemomter

Front 21

What is a prediction of what the weather might be like and what are people who measure and study the weather called?

Back 21

weather forecast
meteorologisits

Front 22

_______- _________ are larges areas of air that have similar properties.

Back 22

air masses

Front 23

Air masses are described by their _____________ and ________ or _______ content.

Back 23

temperature, humidity, or moisture content

Front 24

Name the four typed of air masses? Describe each one?

Back 24

polar wet-forms near the poles over water
polar dry-dorms near the poles over land
tropical wet-forms near the equator over water
tropical dry-forms near the equator over land

Front 25

When air masses meet, the area where they meet is called a ___________.

Back 25

front

Front 26

A front is the ______ between two ______ __________.

Back 26

boundary
air masses

Front 27

Name the fronts?

Back 27

warm cold, and stationary

Front 28

Describe a warm front?

Back 28

warm air pushes into cold air, warm air is lighter air, layers form, light and steady rain, air temperature rises

line with half circles

Front 29

Describe a cold front?

Back 29

cold air pushes into warm air, cold air is heavy so it pushes warm air up quickly, thick clouds form; air temperature drops
line with tirangles

Front 30

Describe stationary front?

Back 30

air masses meet but do not move, several days of rainy weather

line with alternating half circles and triangles

Front 31

How does weather move across the United States?

Back 31

West to East

Front 32

What kind of pressure have nice clear weather?

Back 32

high pressure

Front 33

What kind of pressure have rainy weather?

Back 33

low pressure

Front 34

What do meterologisits use ot help make weather forecast?

Back 34

weather maps, weather balloons, satellites, and doppler radar

Front 35

Name three forms of severe weather?

Back 35

Thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornodoes

Front 36

______________ is formed when lightning hearts up the air quickly?

Back 36

Thunder

Front 37

___________ are funnel shaped columns of air that touch the ground?

Back 37

tornodoes

Front 38

_____________ are very wide storms that form over the oceans.

Back 38

hurricanes

Front 39

____________ is a seasonal pattern of weather that happens year after year.

Back 39

climate

Front 40

What type of climate does Georgia have?

Back 40

mild

Front 41

____________ _____________ are very cold.

Back 41

Polar climate

Front 42

__________ _______ are very warm and wet.

Back 42

Tropical

Front 43

Climate regions are determined by:

Back 43

latitutde, global winds, ocean currents, and distance from water

Front 44

_____________ is how far you are from the equater.

Back 44

lattitude

Front 45

____________ ___________ move air between the equater and the poles

Back 45

global winds

Front 46

_________ ___________ a directed flow, currents move water that helps control the air temperature

Back 46

ocean currents

Front 47

The ________ ____________ the base of a mountain is warmer that the peak because higher alititude brings cooler air temperature

Back 47

mountain effect