Weather Test-8th grade

Front

Where the warm and cold air meet and stall, clouds and fog form, and it may rain or snow. It could bring many days of clouds and precipitation.

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Stationary Front

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This is the symbol for a...

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Warm Front

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This is the symbol for a...

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Occluded Front

Front

Located at the leading edge of a temperature drop off. Bring heavy thunderstorms, rain, and hail. Cool, fair weather is likely to follow.

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Cold Front

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An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is

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thermometer

Front

the amount of water vapor in the air

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humidity

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An instrument that measures air pressure

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barometer

Front

What is the name of the event that occurs every few years when the waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean become warmer, changing weather patterns worldwide?

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El Nino

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This weather tool measures wind speed

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anemometer

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This severe weather involves lightning, rain, and forms from a cumulonimbus cloud.

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thunderstorm