Weather Predictions Vocab 6th

This weather instrument is a...

• thermometer
• anemometer
• rain gauge
• barometer

This tool measures the wind speed.

• barometer
• anemometer
• thermometer
• my dog when he sticks his head out the window

A tool used to measure temperature is called ______________.

• thermometer
• hurricane
• hibernate

A device that is used to measure atmospheric pressure is a ___________.

• barometer
• thermometer
• kilometer
• micrometer

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface

• a line where hot and cold air are separating

• a boundary where two different air masses of different densities meet

• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

4. An air mass is...

• A body of air with the same temperature and moisture throughout.
• a body of air that produces rain
• A body  of evaporated water
• the weight of air

The rotation of air around a high pressure center in the direction opposite to the earth's rotation

• cyclone

• anticyclone

• jet stream

• air mass

An area in the atmosphere that has a lower pressure than the surrounding areas and has winds that spiral toward the center.

• front

• air mass

• cyclone

• anticyclone

Lines on a weather map that connect areas of equal pressure.

• warm front

• cold front

• isobar

• millibar

• barometer

what are isotherms?

• lines connecting places of equal temperature
• lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure
• lines drawn to places of different temperatures
• lines drawn to places of different pressures