Weather 1

What would be measured with the above weather tool?

• wind speed
• wind direction
• air pressure
• temperature

________ A tool used to measure wind speed.

• barometer
• wind vane
• anemometer
• wind sock

_________ is a tool used to measure air pressure.

• anemometer
• barometer
• thermometer
• hygrometer

The source for heating the Earth and circulating Earth’s atmosphere comes from the______________.

• sun
• moon 
• earth
• ocean

This type of front results in the same weather for several days

• warm
• cold
• stationary
• occluded

This type of front can bring strong storms

• cold
• warm
• stationary
• occluded

What is an area's expected weather over a long period of time called?

• weather
• geology
• humidity
• climate

Where are the warmest climates located?

• near the equator
• near the North Pole
• near the South Pole
• in the Northern Hemisphere

What is the edge of a cold air mass moving into a mass of warmer air called?

• cold front
• warm front
• thunderstorm
• cloud

A narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere that move from west to east

• Jet Stream
• doldrums
• equator
• polar easterlies