16-1 And 16-2

Question 0

The type do weather a nimbostratus cloud brings

Answer 0

Light to heavy continuous rain

Question 1

What is the relative humidity when air reaches it’s dew point?

Answer 1

Relative humidity = 100%

Air is saturated

Question 2

What does runoff do?

Answer 2

It flows to the ocean

Question 3

How is sleet different from snow?

Answer 3

Sleet starts as rain and freezes as it falls through a layer of freezing air, snow is already frozen when it starts falling

Question 4

What does cT stand for?

Answer 4

Continental tropical

Warm and dry air

Question 5

How do winds move in a cyclone?

Answer 5

They spiral towards the center

Question 6

What type of pressure does an anticyclone have

Answer 6

High pressure

Question 7

What type of weather does an anticyclone create?

Answer 7

Warm pleasant weather in the summer

Cold clear days in the winter

Question 8

What type of weather does an occluded front bring?

Answer 8

Cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow

Question 9

Where does a continental polar air mass form?

Answer 9

Northern Canada

Question 10

How does a warm front form?

Answer 10

Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it

Question 11

The amount of water vapor in the air

Answer 11

Humidity

Question 12

The short-term state of the atmosphere including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, and visibility

Answer 12

Weather

Question 13

The ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a set temperature

Answer 13

Relative humidity

Question 14

The change of state from a gas to a liquid

Water vapor turns into a liquid

Answer 14

Condensation

Question 15

A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs

Answer 15

Cloud

Question 16

Water that falls from the atmosphere to Earth’s surface

Answer 16

Precipitation

Question 17

What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?

Answer 17

Many days of cloudy, wet weather

Question 18

What percent of the world’s tornadoes occur in the United States?

Answer 18

90%

Question 19

The area where 2 types of air masses meet?

Answer 19

A front

Question 20

What should you do during a tornado warning?

Answer 20

Find shelter quickly (basement)

Question 21

An area of low pressure where air masses meet and rise

Answer 21

Cyclone

Question 22

The process in which liquid water turns into water vapor

Answer 22

Evaporation

Question 23

The point at which the air is completely saturated and must cool

Answer 23

Dew point

Question 24

An area of high pressure where air moves apart and sinks

Answer 24

Anticyclone

Question 25

A device that measures air pressure

Answer 25

Barometer

Question 26

Storm surge is a part of this type of storm

Answer 26

Hurricane

Question 27

A device that tracks the location, movement, and amount of precipitation.

Answer 27

Radar

Question 28

Clouds that form at middle latitudes

Answer 28

Altocumulus

Question 29

How does hail form?

Answer 29

Up drafts of air carry raindrops high in the clouds, the raindrops freeze and hail forms

Question 30

What do isobars show meteorologists?

Answer 30

Equal air pressure

Question 31

A weather device that consists of 2 thermometers, a wet bulb and a dry bulb

Answer 31

Psychrometer

Question 32

What causes lightning to form

Answer 32

Electric discharge between a positively charged area and a negatively charged area

Question 33

Weather device that measures wind speed

Answer 33

Anemometer

Question 34

The reason scientists track cyclones and anticyclones

Answer 34

To predict formations of tornadoes

Question 35

Device used to measure air temperature

Answer 35

Thermometer