Unit 1: Weather

What type of weather does low pressure bring

• cloudy, stormy
• clear, sunny

What is conduction?

• heat is transfered from one item to another 
• energy that moves through another object
• movement caused by liquid or gas

What type of weather does high pressure bring?

• Cold, clear
• warm, storms, clouds
• Clouds, cold

What is a stationary front?

• Boundary between 2 air masses, rain for several days
• warm mass caught between 2 cold air masses, cold weather
• cold air moves under warm air mass, cool and dry weather
• warm mass overtakes a cold mass, warm and humid after a rainy day

What does a barometer measure?

• temperature
• atmospheric pressure
• rain fall
• clouds

What is the wind circulation of a high pressure system

• counterclockwise and outwards
• clockwise and outwards
• counterclockwise and inwards
• clockwise and inwards