questions

Question 1

Which water cycle processes are directly related to cloud formation?

Answer 1

Evaporation and condensation

Question 2

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

Answer 2

Dry

Question 3

Process that changes liquid water to water vapor

Answer 3

evaporation

Question 4

Severe thunderstorm is happening. What type of front has occurred?

Answer 4

cold front

Question 5

Warm air rises because…

Answer 5

its less dense

Question 6

Which instrument is used to measure air temperature?

Answer 6

thermometer

Question 7

Humidity is the…

Answer 7

amount of water vapor in the air

Question 8

Weather is a _________ condition of a certain place during a certain time.

Answer 8

short term

Question 9

How do we name air masses? *

Answer 9

humidity and temperature

Question 10

The boundary between two air masses is known as:

Answer 10

front

Question 11

Wind moves from areas of ______ to areas of _______?

Answer 11

high pressure to low pressure

Question 12

Which condition usually means cloudy, stormy weather? *

Answer 12

low pressure

Question 12

Any form of water - solid or liquid - that falls from the sky is ________.

Answer 12

precipitation

Question 13

Air pressure is greatest when near Earths surface because?

Answer 13

The air molecules are closer together.

Question 14

As you climb up a mountain what happens to the air pressure? *

Answer 14

decreases

Question 14

What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?

Answer 14

Sunny, dry weather

Question 15

Warm air __________ because it is _______ dense than the air around it.

Answer 15

rises, less

Question 16

Air moving from areas of high to low pressure is what creates __________. *

Answer 16

wind

Question 17

If it is drizzling rain outside, what type of front has occurred? *

Answer 17

warm front

Question 18

Cold air __________ because it is ________ dense than the air around it.

Answer 18

falls, more

Question 19

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

Answer 19

wet

Question 20

Which way does wind move?

Answer 20

Clockwise

Question 21

High pressure:

Answer 21

Air molecules move slowly and are densely packed. The air is cool and dry and the weather is usually clear with sunny skies and light winds.

Question 22

Low pressure:

Answer 22

Air molecules move fast and are spread out. The air is warm and moist and the weather is usually stormy, rainy, and windy.

Question 23

_____ pressure moves to _____ pressure

Answer 23

high, low

Question 24

Cold front:

Question 25

Warm front: