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What do you call the high, white, feathery clouds that are usually seen with fair weather?
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Cirrus
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Thunderstorms generally form along what kind of front?
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Cold
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What do we mean when we say that the air is saturated?
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the air is holding all the water vapor that it can
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What do we call bodies of air that have the same properties as the regions over which they develop?
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air mass
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What is formed when two air masses meet?
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Front
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What is the symbol for an occluded front? for a warm front? for a cold front? for a stationary front?
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warm front cold front
stationary front occluded front |
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What do you call the temperature at which water vapor turns to liquid?
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Dewpoint
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What is the hydrosphere?
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the Earth's water environment
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Dark clouds that produce precipitation are called.....
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nimbus
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What kind of clouds are thick and puffy?
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cumulus
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What is sleet?
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rain that freezes as it falls to the ground
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what do we call moisture that falls to the ground as snow, rain, sleet, or hail?
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precipitation
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What is another name for an area of high presure?
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anticyclone
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areas of low pressure are also known as.....
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cyclones
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How does air flow in a low in the Northern hemisphere?
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counterclockwise and to the center
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How does air flow in a high in the Northern hemisphere?
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clockwise and out from the center
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What do you call a person who forecasts the weather?
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Meteorologist
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Why can water form on surfaces at night even when there are no clouds?
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air temperature near the ground reaches the dew point
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How are air masses classified?
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1) their overall moisture content
2) their temperature |
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What is the name of the instrument that is used to measure wind speed?
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anemometer
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What instrument is used to measure relative humidity?
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hygrometer
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What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
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barometer
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What insturment is used to measure the heat energy in something?
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thermometer
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What does Maritime mean?
What does Continental mean? |
Maritime means moist
continental means dry |
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What does Polar mean?
What does Tropical mean? |
Polar means cold
Tropical means warm |
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An air mass that is cool moist and high pressure would be....
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Polar Maritime
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An air mass that is cool dry and high pressure would be..
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Polar continental
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An air mass that is warm, dry and low pressure would be...
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Tropical continental
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An air mass that is warm moist and low pressure is....
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Tropical maritime
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On a weather map, what are the lines that connect points of equal pressure called?
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isobars
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What is transpiration?
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Water that is lost from plant leaves by evaporation
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What do you call the very high belt of rapidly moving air which pulls the air masses below?
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Jet stream
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What is s super cell?
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rapidly rotating thunderstorm
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What is the name of the cloud that drops down right before a tornado?
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Wall cloud
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What is the eye of the hurricane?
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the clear column of air in the center of the rotating hurricane
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What do you call a violent whirling wind that moves over a narrow path called?
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Tornado
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What do you call the energy that is part of water vapor?
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Latent energy
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The Earth's rotation has an effect on winds that causes them to turn and spiral. What is this called?
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Coriolis
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Draw the symbol for a cyclone.
Draw the symbol for an anticyclone. |
cyclone
anticyclone |
