Weather

Question 1

The amount of water vapor in the air is called __________?

Answer 1

humidity

Question 2

The natural process in which water constantly moves among oceans, land, and the atmosphere is called the __________?

Answer 2

water cycle

Question 3

A _________ is a boundary between two air masses.

Answer 3

front

Question 4

At the center of a __________, air rises and forms clouds and precipitation.

Answer 4

low pressure system

Question 5

A continental polar __________ brings cold temperatures during winter.

Answer 5

air mass

Question 6

When the same __________ passes through two locations on a weather map, both locations have the same pressure.

Answer 6

isobar

Question 7

The humidity in the air compared to the amount of air can hold is the __________?

Answer 7

relative humidity

Question 8

Clouds form when water changes from?

Answer 8

liquid to gas

Question 9

what type of precipitation reaches Earth’s surface as large pellets of ice?

Answer 9

hail

Question 10

Which of these sinking-air situations usually brings cold dry air weather?

Answer 10

continental polar

Question 11

Which is an intense tropical storm with which exeeding 119 km/h?

Answer 11

hurricane

Question 12

Which contains measurements of temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind speed and direction?

Answer 12

a surface report

Question 13

What does Doppler radar measure?

Answer 13

the speed at which precipitation travels

Question 14

What describes cirrus clouds?

Answer 14

wispy, at high altitudes

Question 15

What instrument measures wind speed?

Answer 15

anemometer

Question 16

What does a barometer measure?

Answer 16

wind pressure

Question 17

Air pressure increases as __________ increases?

Answer 17

altitude

Question 18

What does a psychrometer measure?

Answer 18

relative humidity

Question 19

What do stratus clouds look like?

Answer 19

flat, white, and layered

Question 20

what do cumulus clouds look like

Answer 20

fluffy, heaped, or piled up

Question 21

What is the temperature and humidity of Maritime Tropical?

Answer 21

humid and warm

Question 22

What is the temperature and humidity of Continental Polar?

Answer 22

cold and dry

Question 23

What is the temperature and humidity of Maritime Polar?

Answer 23

cold and humid

Question 24

What is the temperature and humidity of Continental Tropical?

Answer 24

warm and dry

Question 25

The pressure that a column of air exerts on the area below it is called __________?

Answer 25

air pressure

Question 26

What are programs used to determine formulas?

Answer 26

computer model

Question 27

A line connecting places with the same pressure is called an __________?

Answer 27

isobar

Question 28

A line connecting places with the same temperature is called an __________?

Answer 28

isotherm

Question 29

What diagram shows surface weather measurements?

Answer 29

a surface report

Question 30

List two ways that upper air weather conditions are measured?

Answer 30

Doppler radar and satellite images

Question 31

What measures the average kinetic energy of air molecules?

Answer 31

temperature

Question 32

What causes weather to remain the same several days in a row?

Answer 32

air mass

Question 33

What lists the stages of a thunderstorm in order?

Answer 33

cumulus, mature, dissipation

Question 34

What causes air to reach its dew point?

Answer 34

dropping temperatures

Question 35

What measures air pressure

Answer 35

barometer

Question 36

What expresses moisture saturation the best?

Answer 36

relative humidity

Question 37

What is air pressure measured in?

Answer 37

milibars

Question 38

What is air temperature measured in?

Answer 38

degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius

Question 39

What are clouds and fog measured in?

Answer 39

visibility

Question 40

What is humidity measured in?

Answer 40

g/cm^3 (grams of water per meter of air)

Question 41

What is precipitation measured in?

Answer 41

feet or inches

Question 42

What is wind measured in?

Answer 42

speed