Weather and Climate spring 2020 goal 2.5

_______ affects weather because the further north or south you go from the Equator, the less solar energy (heat).

• altitude
• latitude
• sunlight
• atmosphere

Large body of air with the same temperature, pressure, and moisture characteristics is called?

• warm front
• cold front
• air mass
• jet stream

The boundary between two air masses that meet is called?

• front
• back
• side
• air mass

The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _.

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• troposphere

Pressure that air exerts on the air below it

• weather

• water cycle

• air pressure

• precipitation

A _____________ forms when lighter, warmer air moves over heavier, colder air.

• warm front
• cold front
• high pressure system
• air mass

High pressure systems are associated with

• cold fronts (lousy)

• warm fronts

• clear, dry weather (happy)

• cloudy, stormy weather

Low pressure systems are associated with

• cold fronts

• warm fronts

• clear, dry weather (happy)

• cloudy, stormy weather (lousy)

What does the blue line with triangles stand for on a weather map?

• cold front
• warm front
• high pressure
• low pressure

What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front