Study Guide Spring Final

A high pressure system winds move in a clockwise direction.

• true

• false

A high pressure system is an capital ______ on a weather map.

• A

• H

• L

• P

A low pressure system on a weather map is a capital ____.

• A

• H

• L

• P

Air in a low pressure system moves

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

The ozone layer is found in

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

A boundary between two air masses with different temperature and moisture characteristics is __

• Front

• tornado

• cyclone

• pressure change

What type of weather conditions are likely after a cold front passes?

A __________ is what we call the boundary between two different air masses that collide.

• front

• current

• pressure zone

What happens to air pressure the higher you go in the atmosphere?

• Air pressure decreases as you go higher in altitude.

• Air pressure increases as you go higher in altitude.

• Air pressure increases and decreases as you go higher in altitude.

• Air pressure stays the same as you go higher in altitude.

What happens to temperature in the troposphere as you go higher up?

• It stays the same

• It descreases

• It increases

• It stays below breezing