Meteorology

A short term variation in the atmosphere that interacts and affects the environment is called 

• Climate 
• Weather 
• Atmospheric weather 
• Barometric Pressure 

The following characteristics explain what type of air mass: 
Winter - Warm/Dry 
Summer - Hot/Dry 
Forms over Southwest US and Mexico 

• Continental Polar 
• Maritime Polar 
• Continental Tropical 
• Maritime Tropical 

What does this image show 

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

What type of instrument is used to measure wind speed? 

• ceilometer 
• barometer 
• hygrometer 
• anemometer 

The exchange of heat or moisture between an air mass and the underlying surface is called 

• air mass modification 
• air mass weather 
• air mass convection 
• climate 

What is a large body of air that takes on the characteristics of the area over which it forms? 

• cloud 
• climate 
• air mass 
• weather system 

This type of forecast is created by applying physical principles and mathematics to atmospheric variables 

• digital 
• analog 

What is the name of this map? 

• Isotherm Map 
• Isobar Map 
• Barometric Pressure Map 
• Humidity Map 

In ____________, warm air displaces cold air and it develops a gradual frontal slope. 

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

High Pressure systems usually are associated with ______________ and low-pressure systems are associated with ______________. 

• fair weather, clouds and precipitation 
• fair weather, fair weather 
• clouds and precipitation, fair weather 
• the jet stream, fronts