Weather & Climate

Rain, sleet, hail, and freezing rain are all...

• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation
• run-off

What is a person called that studies the weather?

• Cosmotologist
• Scientologist
• Geologist
• Meteorologist

How does the sun affect the weather?

• Tornadoes develop quicker. 
• It decreases the amount of precipitation. 
• It makes the humidity higher. 
• It warms the atmosphere & oceans.

What is the tool that measures air pressure?

• Weather Vane
• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Water Spout

What is the tool that measures wind speed?

• Barometer
• Wind Vane
• Anemometer
• Thermometer

What is the tool that measures wind direction?

• Wind Vane
• Anemometers
• Thermometer
• Barometer

Rapidly moving cold air  mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a  .....

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front

a moving warm air mass collides with a slowly moving cold air mass is called a.....

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front

What type of front is this?
when neither air mass moves after colliding; results in long periods of fair weather or precipitation

• Cold front
• Warm Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front

When two air masses meet it is called a

• front
• gathering
• air mass