Meteorology Test #2 Review

What weather instrument measures air pressure?

• Anemometer 
• Barometer
• Thermometer 
• Rain gauge

what weather instrument measures wind speed?

• Barometer
• aneomometer
• thermometer
• rain gauge 

what kind of pressure predicts good weather?

• high
• low
• cold
• stationary

How many fronts are there?

• 2
• 6
• 4
• 0

Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from

• Maritime Polar air mass
• Maritime Tropical air mass
• continental polar air mass
• continental tropical air mass

When a rapidly moving cold air mass overtakes a slow-moving warm air mass, the result is a(n)

• cold front
• occluded front
• warm front
• stationary front

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is a(n)

• occluded front
• warm front
• stationary front
• cold front

A funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth’s surface is called a

• hurricane
• cyclone
• tornado
• thunderhead

Weather forecasting has improved recently in part because of

• fewer weather changes from year to year.
• more experienced weather forecasters.
• improved data gathering and better computer technology.
• widespread television reporting.

Scientists who study weather and try to predict it are called

• astronomers
• climatologist
• meteorologist
• weatherologist