9 Weather Symbols

The study of weather is called

• Astrology

• Biology

• Earthology

• Meteorology

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Scientists who study weather and try to predict it are called 

• astronomers
• volcanologists
• meteorologists
• weatherologists

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• cold front

• warm front

• high pressure

• low pressure

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• cold air moving into an area

• warm air moving into an area

• humid air over an area

• dry air over an area

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name this symbol

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

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This symbol represents

• a cold front
• an occluded front 
• a stationary front
• a warm front

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What direction is the warm front moving?

• Northeast
• Northwest
• Southeast
• Southwest

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What direction is the cold front moving?

• Northwest
• Southeast
• Northeast
• Southwest

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Meeting of two different types of air masses

• warm and cold

• hurricane

• precipitation

• front (frontal boundary)

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The TWO most important air masses that generate weather conditions in the central plains (locally to us) are:

• mP and cT

• cA and mP

• mT and cA

• mT and cP

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