Weather and Climate

Any form of water that falls from clouds is called......

• dew

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

cold, dry air affecting the northern US in winter often comes from.....

• maritime polar air masses

• maritime tropical air masses

• continental polar air masses

• continental tropical air masses

When a rapidly moving cold air mass overtakes a slow moving warm air mass, the result is a ....

• cold front

• warm fromt

• occluded front

• stationary front

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is a(an)....

• occluded front

• warm front

• stationary front

• cold front

A funnel shaped cloud that touches Earth's surface is called a....

• hurricane

• cyclone

• tornado

• thunderhead

Hurricanes typically form over......

• cold ocean water

• tropical rain forests

• warm ocean water

• very dry land masses

A storm is a (an).....

• "dome: of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands

• huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height

• boundary where unlike air masses meet and do not easily mix

• violent disturbances in the atmosphere

Scientists that study the weather and try to predict it are....

• astronomers

• climatologists

• meteorologists

• weatherologists

Which of the following sources of weather data would enable a meteorologist to follow the path of an approaching thunderstorm

• a chart of data from previous storm surges

• radar

• a network of aneroid barometers

• weather balloons

Isobars are lines on a map joining places that have the same....

• wind speed

• temperature

• humidity

• air pressure