How is Weather Predicted?

If you see ____________ clouds then it may be likely to rain.

• thick, dark nimbus
• thin, white cirrus
• white, puffy cumulous
• low, white flat-base

The edge of a cold air mass moving into a mass of warmer air is called a __________.

• cold front
• warm front
• thunderstorm
• cloud

What is the purpose of a weather station?

• To make changes to weather conditions to help people.
• To let people experience different kinds of weather conditions.
• To clear snow and other results of storms.
• To collect data about temperature, precipitation, and fronts.

What do meteorologists make from weather data?

• tornadoes
• forecasts
• cold fronts
• all of the above

What is a large body of air of the same temperature and humidity?

• air mass
• weather
• forecast
• meteorologist

What is a meteorologist?

• A type of cloud.
• A weather instrument.
• A scientist who studies weather.
• A person who likes weather.

What is a front?

• A weather instrument.
• The line where two air masses meet.
• A type of cloud.
• A tool that meteorologists use.

Weather stations are set up all over the world.

• True
• False

Meteorologists study weather patterns to predict weather.

• True
• False

Weather is always changing.

• True
• False