Weather Maps and Air Pressure JZG

Measures Temperature

• Anemometer

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Weather Balloon

Air flows counterclockwise around a ___________ pressure

• High

• Low

When a front approaches from the east or northeast it is called a ______________ ______________ ________________ front.

• front door warm

• back door warm

• back door cold

• front door cold

What type of front does this picture represent?

• Stationary

• Warm

• Occluded

• Cold

Measures air pressure

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Thermometer

• Wind Vane/Compass Rose

__________________ are lines connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure.

• Milibars

• Contour lines

• Isobars

• Barometers

Air masses that originate over land are called _____________.

• Maritime

• Oceanic

• Continental

• Intercontinental

Which type of front does this picture represent?

• Stationary

• Warm

• Occluded

• Cold

Cold air masses tend to approach from the _____, _____, or the _____.

• N, NW, W

• S, SE, E

Tornadoes and hurricanes are large areas of ___________ pressure.

• No

• High

• Average

• Low