P. Weather Wise

Question 1

______ is the amount of water vapor in

the air.

Answer 1

Humidiy

Question 2

______ _____________is the amount of water vapor the air is holding at a given temperature, compared to the total amount
it could hold at that temperature.

Answer 2

Relative humidity

Question 3

Billions of tiny condensed drops of water are called_______.

Answer 3

clouds

Question 4

______happens when a cloud touches the earth’s surface.

Answer 4

Fog

Question 5

A ____ _____ measures the amount

of precipitation.

Answer 5

rain guage

Question 6

A _______ _______ is used for forecasting weather.

Answer 6

synoptic chart

Question 7

A blue line with blue triangles on it represts a ___ _____.

Answer 7

cold front

Question 8

A cold front is a transition where ____air replaces warm air in the atmosphere.

Answer 8

cold

Question 9

Cold fronts generally move from _______ to southeast.

Answer 9

northwest

Question 10

A cold front arrives with cold and _____ air.

Answer 10

dry

Question 11

Air in a cold front can drop 15 degrees in the first _____.

Answer 11

hour

Question 12

A warm front is a transition where ____air replaces cold n the atmosphere.

Answer 12

warm

Question 13

A ______front is represented on a map by a red line with half circles on it.

Answer 13

warm

Question 14

Warm fronts usually move from ______ to northeast.

Answer 14

southwest

Question 15

_______ fronts occur when a warm or cold front just stops moving.

Answer 15

Stationary

Question 16

An _______front is a developing cyclone.

Answer 16

occluded

Question 17

The symbol for an occluded front is a ______line with alternating half circles and triangles.

Answer 17

purple

Question 18

A _____ ______can cause precipitation, straight winds, lightening, hail and tornados.

Answer 18

severe thunderstorms

Question 19

A severe thunderstorms line is represnted by ____ ______

Answer 19

squall lines.

Question 20

Squal lines are reprented by a ____ line then ____ dots and then another ____ line.

Answer 20

red
two
red

Question 21

A _______is lengthened area of
low pressure that is typically associated
with a cyclone wind shift. It is shown by
a dotted orange line.

Answer 21

trough

Question 22

A trough is shown by a ____ _____ line

Answer 22

dotted orange

Question 23

A upper case red L represents _____ ______.

Answer 23

low pressure

Question 24

Low pressure moves in a ________ motion in the northern hemisphere.

Answer 24

counterclockwise

Question 25

Low pressure moves in a ________ motion in the southerm hemisphere.

Answer 25

clockwise

Question 26

Low pressure moves in a clockwise motion in the southerm hemisphere is called a ______.

Answer 26

cyclone

Question 27

High pressure is when an area of higher pressure that moves in a clockwise motion in the_____ _________.

Answer 27

northern hemisphere

Question 28

High pressure is when an area of higher pressure that moves in a counterclockwise motion in the_____ _________.

Answer 28

southern hemisphere

Question 29

High pressure is when an area of higher pressure that moves in a counterclockwise motion in the southern hemisphere is called an ________..

Answer 29

anticyclone

Question 30

An anticyclone is the ______of a cyclone.

Answer 30

opposite