Vocabulary | Instruments | The Atmosphere | Weather Symbols | Weather |
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What is the weight of air pressing down on Earth called?
Air Pressure
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What is the instrument that measures wind speed called?
anemometer
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What is the amount of air pressure on each and everything at sea level?
about 15 lbs per square inch
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What is the name of the lines on a weather map that indicate pressure?
isobar
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What is the direction that the jet streams tend to move across North America?
West to East
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What is the air surrounding Earth called?
Atmosphere
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What is the instrument called that measures air pressure?
Barometer
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What is the layer of the atmosphere that most of the weather occurs in?
Troposphere
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What is the name of the blue symbol with triangles on a weather map?
Cold Front
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What is the direction that our weather comes from in Mississippi?
West
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What is a large body of air with similar properties called?
Air Mass
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What is the instrument called that measures wind direction?
Wind Vane or Wind Sock
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What is the altitude above sea level that would have the lowest air pressure? 50, 100, 300, or 500 meters?
500
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What is the name of the red lines with semi circles on a weather map?
Warm Front
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What happens to the atmospheric pressure as a student climbs up a mountain range?
It decreases
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What is The amount of water vapor in the air called?
humidity
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What is the instrument called that measures humidity in the air?
Hygrometer
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What is way in which air pressure affects the weather?
It creates wind, It creates waves, it causes warm weather to move to the equator, It cause the earth to rotate
it creates wind
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What is the meaning of isobar lines that are close together?
High Winds
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What kind of system usually brings dry, clear weather?
(Pressure?)
High Pressure System
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What is the boundary between two air masses called?
front
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What is the weather like if the barometer measures low pressure?
rainy, humid, stormy
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What is the location with the greatest air pressure?
over land or over water?
over land
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What is meaning of isobar lines that are far apart on a weather map?
calm winds
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What is the direction that winds move in a high pressure system? Clockwise or counter clockwise?
outward from the center or in towards the center?
clockwise and outward from the center
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