Chapter Test A Flashcards
Hurricane
A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and have a strong winds that spiral into war the intense low-pressure storm center
Tornado
A destructive rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds in that maybe visible as a funnel shaped cloud
Maritime polar
And air mass characterized by cold moist air
Thunderstorm
A usually brief heavy storm that consist of rain strong winds,lightning and thunder
Radiosonde
Instruments carried a loft buy balloons to measure upper atmospheric conditions
Continental tropical
And air mass characterized by warm dry air
Radar
A system that uses the reflected radio waves to determine the velocity and location of objects
Anemometer
An instrument that measures the speed of wind
Continental polar
A air mass characterized by cool dry air
Maritime tropical
In air mass characterized by warm moist air
When air moves slowly it takes on the temperature and humidity of its region becoming a
Air mass
When a bend forms in a cold front it begins the process of forming an area of low pressure with rotating winds that move toward the rising area of the central low pressure region this storm is called a
Mid latitude cyclone
Meteorologists do not use supercomputers to
Control the weather
Which of the following is not a type of air mass
Maritime Continental
What do you weather centers all over the world do with the information they collect
Exchange it with other centers
What do scientists used to convey information on a weather map
Colors and symbols
Which of the following does not measure lower atmospheric weather conditions
Radiosonde
Meteorologist have not tried to control
Winds
What do you meteorologist used to help them make forecast from data they have input into computers
Computer models
Storms along a cold front are usually short-lived and sometimes violent while storms along a warm front
Produce precipitation over a large area and are occasionally violent
