DSR week 22 and Weather review

Which front is usually associated with thunderstorms and bad weather?

• Occluded front

• Warm front

• Stationary front

• Cold front

Warm air advances toward colder air and rises over it

• Stationary front

• Cold front

• Occluded front

• Warm front

Cold and warm front advance toward each other and come to a stand still.

• Stationary front

• Cold front

• Occluded front

• Warm front

Occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front

• Stationary front

• Cold front

• Occluded front

• Warm front

Warm, moist air from over the ocean moves inland over a city. The moving air mass is blocked by a mountain range. Which type of weather is MOST LIKELY to occur as the warm, moist air meets the mountains?

• snow

• sunny skies

• rain

• low humidity

Maritime polar air masses form ___

• Over land closer to the equator

• Over water closer to the equator.

• Over cold land coming from the North

• Over cold water coming from the North

A land breeze occurs when the ______ air from the _______ blows over the ocean.

• Cooler, land

• Warmer, ocean

• Cooler, ocean

• Warmer, land

When air warms up, it causes water vapor to form. The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is called

• humidity.

• clouds.

• air pressure.

• dew point.

The ____________blow from east to west, in both the southern and northern hemispheres, and move warm tropical air toward the equator.

• doldrums

• trade winds

• polar easterlies

• westerlies

The diagram shows the global wind pattern in the lower atmosphere. What is the main factor that determines the global wind pattern?

• uneven heating of Earth's surface by the Sun

• Earth's yearly revolution around the Sun

• uneven land forms on Earth’s surface

• the directions of ocean currents