Weather 2

The place where two air masses meet.

• air mass

• air pressure

• water cycle

• front

The weight of air as it presses down on Earth's surface

• front

• air pressure

• air mass

• evaporation

This type of system brings unstable conditions, which cause changing weather, precipitation, and often storms.

• low pressure center

• high pressure center

____________ air rises because it is ____________dense.

• cool, less

• warm, less

• cold, more

• warm, more

lines joining places on a map that have the same air pressure

• isobars

• isotherms

• isotemps

• isos

A clockwise rotation is called a(n)

• warm front

• high pressure center

• low pressure center

• cold front

Wind travels from an area of _______________ pressure to an area of _______________ pressure.

• low, high

• high, low

A cold front moving into an area can bring this type of weather...

• Warmer Temperatures, Clear Skies

• Warmer Temperatures, Clouds

• Colder Temperatures, Clear Skies

• Colder Temperatures, Clouds, and Precipitation

This type of severe weather involves winds over 119mph, and forms over water.

• tornado

• hurricane

• blizzard

• thunderstorm

When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• high pressure