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Worksheets1 & 3 Flipped Weather Vocabulary
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
The area where air masses form
Air Mass
Source Region
Continental
Maritime
Body of air with a similar temperature and moisture content
Air Mass
Source Region
Continental
Maritime
Air mass formed over land
Maritime
Polar
Continental
Tropical
Air mass formed over water
Maritime
Polar
Continental
Tropical
Air mass formed over a cold/cool region
Maritime
Polar
Continental
Tropical
Air mass formed over a hot/warm region
Maritime
Polar
Continental
Tropical
Mass of dry cooler air that pushes down and brings good weather.
high pressure
front
cold front
low pressure
mass of warmer moist rising air that brings storms
high pressure
front
cold front
low pressure
when one air mass meets another air mass.
high pressure
front
cold front
low pressure
cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass - decreasing temperatures
warm front
cold front
stationary front
occluded front
moving mass of warmer air - often means rain
warm front
cold front
stationary front
occluded front
warm air mass and cool air mass hit one another
warm front
cold front
stationary front
occluded front
warm air mass is in the middle of two cold air masses
warm front
cold front
stationary front
occluded front
Forms when a large amount of warm moist air rises and condenses. Mainly from cumulonimbus clouds.
thunderstorm
hurricane
tornado
humidity
Formed in a low pressure system and rotates because of the Coriolis effect. Gets stronger with heat.
thunderstorm
hurricane
tornado
humidity
Forms when warm air collides with cold air. The cold air pushes over the warm while a column of the warm air breaks through.
thunderstorm
hurricane
tornado
humidity
The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
humidity
dew
air pressure
precipitation
force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it down
humidity
dew
air pressure
precipitation
