Weather Forcasting

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what are isobars?

• lines connecting places of equal temperature

• lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure

• lines drawn to places of different temperatures

• lines drawn to places of different pressures

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What weather tool collects data from the middle atmosphere?

• ground station

• radar

• airplane

• satellite

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___________is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area.

• air pressure

• density

• volume

• none of the above

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What weather instrument collects data from highest parts of the atmosphere?

• Ground Station

• Radar

• Airplane

• Satellite

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The movement in the air caused by differences in air pressure ?

• Rain

• Wind

• Air

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A low pressure system usually causes 

• Clearing Weather 

• Wet Weather

• Fair Weather 

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_______ pressure systems are characterized by sinking air.

• High

• Low

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_______ pressure systems are characterized by rising air.

• High

• Low

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_______ pressure systems are characterized by fair weather.

• High

• Low

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_______ pressure systems are characterized by cloudy, rainy weather.

• High

• Low

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Air moves away from the center of a _________ pressure system.

• High

• Low

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This symbol represents

• a cold front

• an occluded front 

• a stationary front

• a warm front

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What direction is the cold front moving?

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Northeast

• Southwest

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What front does this symbol represent?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

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What type of front does this symbol represent?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

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The cold front is moving

• east and southeast

• west and northwest

• north

• south

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Why do you see precipitation near the L? (select 2 answers)

• because that is low pressure and that is where air rises, forming clouds

• because that is where air is falling and it brings rain with it

• because southern Ohio is always rainy this time of year

• because the cold front is meeting the warm front which forces warm air to rise rapidly forming clouds

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Select the occluded front

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Select the stationary front

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How do clouds form?

• Cold air rising and condensing

• Cold air sinking

• Warm air sinking

• Warm air rising and condensing

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Which air is more dense?

• Low pressure

• High pressure

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The boundary  between two air masses is known as:

• front

• storm

• climate

• flood

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Identify the type of front that is shown in the image.

• Occluded Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Warm Front

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What is the temperature at this station

• 75 degrees

• 61 degrees

• 987 degrees

• 11 degrees

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What is the wind speed at this station

• 3 knots

• 15 knots

• 25 knots

• 30 knots

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What is the barometric pressure for this station?

• 009.6 mb

• 909.6 mb

• 109.6 mb

• 1009.6 mb

• 096 mb

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What is the wind direction

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Southwest

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What is the present weather?

• drizzle

• snow

• rain

• fog

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What is the barometric pressure?

• 100.02 mb

• 100.2 mb

• 900.2 mb

• 1000.2 mb

• 002

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What is the barometric pressure?

• 997.8 mb

• 1097.8 mb

• 9997.8 mb

• 9978.0 mb

• 978

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What is the dew point at this station?

• 75 degrees

• 61 degrees

• 987 degrees

• 11 degrees

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Based on the weather map, which city will most likely experience increasing temperatures during the next 24 hours? 

• Denver, because it is raining there

• Minneapolis, because a cold front is approaching

• Atlanta, because a warm front is approaching

• Houston, because it is in a high pressure area