Weather Maps Lesson

Earth Systems Warm-Up

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Use the attached graph to describe the climate of Iquitos, Peru.

Multiple Choice

Which of these weather maps have isotherms?

Multiple Choice

What are lines that connect locations of the same pressure?

• Isobars
• Isotherms
• Isolines
• Isohyets

Multiple Choice

A warm air mass displaces a cold air mass, denoted by a red line with semicircles

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

Multiple Choice

Two cold air masses meet with a warm air mass sandwiched aloft, denoted by alternating blue triangles and red semicircles on the same side of a line.

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

Multiple Choice

A cold air mass displaces a warm air mass, denoted by a blue line with triangles.

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

Multiple Choice

Warm and cold air masses meet without overtaking each other, denoted by alternating blue triangles on one side of a line and red semicircles on the other.

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

Draw

Label on the map 1 warm front (W), 1 cold front (C), one occluded front (O), and one stationary front (S)