Weather Symbols & Tools

Question 1

Air Mass

Answer 1

A large body of air with similar properties throughout it

Question 2

Maritime Polar Air

Answer 2

Air that is cold and wet that forms over the sea

Question 3

Continental Tropical

Answer 3

Warm and dry air that forms over the land

Question 4

Continental Polar

Answer 4

Cold and dry air that forms over the land

Question 5

Maritime Tropical

Answer 5

Warm and humid air that forms over the sea

Question 6

Fronts

Answer 6

Boundaries between two air masses

Question 7

Warm Front

Answer 7

Warm air mass meets and overrides a cold air mass

Question 8

Cold Front

Answer 8

Cold air mass meets a causes a warm air mass to rise

Question 9

Anemometer

Answer 9

Measures wind speed

Question 10

Rain Guage

Answer 10

Measures amount of rainfall

Question 11

Wind Vane

Answer 11

Shows the direction of which the wind is coming from

Question 12

Barometer

Answer 12

Measures air pressure

Question 13

Radar

Answer 13

Measures wind and precipitation inside of a storm

Question 14

Hydrometer

Answer 14

Measures moisture in the air (Humidity)

Question 15

Thermometer

Answer 15

A weather tool that measures the temperature/heat

Question 16

Stationary Front

Answer 16

Cold air mass meets a warm air mass and results in little movement

Question 17

Occluded Front

Answer 17

Cold air mass overtakes a slow moving warm air mass. Eventually meets cold air

Question 18

Weather

Answer 18

The temperature and other outside conditions such as rain, wind, air pressure, etc.

Question 19

Climate

Answer 19

The average weather in an area over a 30 year period.