Weather Systems test review

by Ms. Schulenburg

Weather Systems Test Review

​Look in your notes for: WeatherTools

Multiple Choice

This tool is called a barometer. What does it measure?

• wind speed

• air pressure

• wind direction

• temperature

Multiple Choice

This tool is called a thermometer. What does it measure?

• wind speed

• air pressure

• wind direction

• temperature

Multiple Choice

This tool measures wind speed. What is it called?

• barometer

• anemometer

• wind vane

• sling psychrometer

Multiple Choice

This tool measures wind direction. What is it called?

• sling psychrometer

• wind vane

• anemometer

• barometer

Fill in the Blanks

​Look in your notes for: Types of Clouds

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yod3wMbFHUY

Multiple Choice

Which type of cloud is described as tall and dark?

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulous

• cumulonimbus

Multiple Choice

Which type of cloud is described as sheets of gray?

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulous

• cumulonimbus

Multiple Choice

Which type of cloud is described as thin and wispy. 

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulous

• cumulonimbus

Multiple Choice

Which type of cloud is described as white and fluffy?

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulous

• cumulonimbus

​Look in your notes for: Weather Maps

​Isobars: connect areas of equal pressure

​Isotherms: connect areas with the same temperature

​How can we use this map to make predictions about the weater?

Open Ended

Tell me at least three predictions that you can make about the weather, using this map.

​We need to glue in: Types of Fronts

​Occluded Front

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• ​strong wind and rain

• ​dry, fair weather

​Cold Front

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• ​brief, heavy thunderstorms

• ​when cold air mass passes under warm air mass.

​Warm Front

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• ​constant, steady showers

• ​warm air mass passes over cold air mass

​Stationary Front

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• ​Cold front and warm front meet and do not move

• ​many days of clouds and precipitation

​High pressure and Low pressure

Multiple Choice

​Brief, heavy thunderstorms

• Warm front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Multiple Choice

When two air masses meet and do not move.

• Warm front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Multiple Choice

Cold air mass pushes under warm air mass

• Warm front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Multiple Choice

Which type of weather is caused by low-pressure systems?

• no winds

• sunny skies

• dry weather

• Rain or storm

​Look in your notes for: Global winds

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​Jet Streams:

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o203JXAnSA0

Multiple Choice

Which global wind blows toward the equator?

• Trade winds

• Westerlies

Multiple Choice

Which global wind blows toward the Poles?

• Trade winds

• Westerlies

Multiple Choice

A Jet Stream is: 

• circulation of warm and cold water

• fast moving currents of wind

• very slow

• only located in the South pole