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1 & 3 Flipped Weather Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The area where air masses form

a)

Air Mass

b)

Source Region

c)

Continental

d)

Maritime

2.

Body of air with a similar temperature and moisture content

a)

Air Mass

b)

Source Region

c)

Continental

d)

Maritime

3.

Air mass formed over land

a)

Maritime

b)

Polar

c)

Continental

d)

Tropical

4.

Air mass formed over water

a)

Maritime

b)

Polar

c)

Continental

d)

Tropical

5.

Air mass formed over a cold/cool region

a)

Maritime

b)

Polar

c)

Continental

d)

Tropical

6.

Air mass formed over a hot/warm region

a)

Maritime

b)

Polar

c)

Continental

d)

Tropical

7.

Mass of dry cooler air that pushes down and brings good weather.

a)

high pressure

b)

front

c)

cold front

d)

low pressure

8.

mass of warmer moist rising air that brings storms

a)

high pressure

b)

front

c)

cold front

d)

low pressure

9.

when one air mass meets another air mass.

a)

high pressure

b)

front

c)

cold front

d)

low pressure

10.

cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass - decreasing temperatures

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

11.

moving mass of warmer air - often means rain

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

12.

warm air mass and cool air mass hit one another

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

13.

warm air mass is in the middle of two cold air masses

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

14.

Forms when a large amount of warm moist air rises and condenses. Mainly from cumulonimbus clouds.

a)

thunderstorm

b)

hurricane

c)

tornado

d)

humidity

15.

Formed in a low pressure system and rotates because of the Coriolis effect. Gets stronger with heat.

a)

thunderstorm

b)

hurricane

c)

tornado

d)

humidity

16.

Forms when warm air collides with cold air. The cold air pushes over the warm while a column of the warm air breaks through.

a)

thunderstorm

b)

hurricane

c)

tornado

d)

humidity

17.

The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere

a)

humidity

b)

dew

c)

air pressure

d)

precipitation

18.

force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it down

a)

humidity

b)

dew

c)

air pressure

d)

precipitation