WEATHER PATTERNS KEY TERMS

Question 1

Comes from ocean.

Answer 1

Maritime

Question 2

Comes from the far northern or far southern parts of the earth.

Answer 2

Polar

Question 3

Comes from warm areas toward the equator.

Answer 3

Tropical

Question 4

Comes from the land.

Answer 4

Continental

Question 5

A storm characterized by cumulonimbus clouds, lightning and thunder, commonly with heavy rainfall, strong winds and sometimes hail.

Answer 5

Thunderstorms

Question 6

Violent windstorm of rotating column of air called a vortex extending downward from a cumulonimbus cloud.

Answer 6

Tornado

Question 7

A center of high air pressure and clear weather with winds blowing clockwise outward and downward.

Answer 7

Anticyclone

Question 8

A center of low air pressure and stormy weather with winds blowing counterclockwise inward and upward.

Answer 8

Cyclone

Question 9

A center of low air pressure and stormy weather that forms between 30degrees and 60degrees latitude.

Answer 9

Middle-Latitude Cyclone

Question 10

A center of low air pressure and stormy weather that forms over warm ocean water between the equator and 30degrees latitude in the Atlantic Ocean and has winds stronger than 119 km/hr.

Answer 10

Hurricane

Question 11

A center of low pressure and stormy weather that forms over warm ocean water between the equator and 30degrees latitude in the western Pacific Ocean and has winds stronger than 119 km/hr.

Answer 11

Typhoon

Question 12

A center of low air pressure and stormy weather that forms over warm ocean water between the equator and 30degrees latitude.

Answer 12

Tropical Storm

Question 13

Warm and dry air mass.

Answer 13

Continental Tropical

Question 14

Warm and wet air mass.

Answer 14

Maritime Continental

Question 15

Cold and Dry air mass.

Answer 15

Continental Polar

Question 16

Cold and wet air mass.

Answer 16

Maritime Polar

Question 17

Line on map with equal temperature.

Answer 17

Isotherm

Question 18

Line on map with equal air pressure.

Answer 18

Isobar

Question 19

Scientist who studies weather.

Answer 19

Meteorologist

Question 20

A large body of air with similar temperature and amounts of moisture.

Answer 20

Air Mass

Question 21

Boundary between two air masses.

Answer 21

Front

Question 22

Boundary between two air masses that does not move.

Answer 22

Stationary Front

Question 23

Boundary between two air masses in which warm air trapped between two masses of cold air is pushed upward producing heavy precipitation.

Answer 23

Occluded Front

Question 24

Boundary between two air masses in which cold air moves into an area and replaces warm air.

Answer 24

Cold Front

Question 25

Boundary between two air masses in which warm air moves into an area and replaces cold air.

Answer 25

Warm Front

Question 26

A dome of ocean water the floods coastal areas when a low pressure cyclone moves over the coastline.

Answer 26

Storm Surge

Question 27

The path along which a cyclone travels.

Answer 27

Storm Track