9.2 Meteorology

Question 1

Air moving vertically

Answer 1

Air current

Question 2

Measure of how much water vapor is in the air

Answer 2

Humidity

Question 3

Measures the air temperature

Answer 3

Thermometer

Question 4

The force that air puts on an area

Answer 4

Air pressure

Question 5

Tool we use to measure air pressure

Answer 5

Barometer

Question 6

Air mass that forms over an ocean

Answer 6

Maritime

Question 7

Narrow band of very strong westerly air current

Answer 7

Jet stream

Question 8

Tool to measure precipitation

Answer 8

Rain gauge

Question 9

Large bodies of air with roughly uniform characteristics

Answer 9

Air mass

Question 10

Cool air replacing warm air

Answer 10

Cold front

Question 11

Scientific word for rain, hail, sleet, or snow

Answer 11

Precipitation

Question 12

Term for the layer of gas that surrounds the earth

Answer 12

Atmosphere

Question 13

Boundary between two air masses with different properties

Answer 13

Front

Question 14

Warm air replacing cool air

Answer 14

Warm front

Question 15

Study of patterns of weather

Answer 15

Meteorology

Question 16

Air mass that originates over land

Answer 16

Continental air mass

Question 17

Tool to measure the amount of water vapor in the air

Answer 17

Hygrometer/phycrometer

Question 18

What air holds the most water

Answer 18

Warm air

Question 19

Tool to determine storm size, shape, and speed

Answer 19

Radar

Question 20

What direction does weather move in the U.S.

Answer 20

West to East

Question 21

Two things that water has to go through in the water cycle

Answer 21

Evaporation and Condensation

Question 22

If there is currently a warm front and a cold front comes through it is most likely to what?

Answer 22

Rain

Question 23

Air mass that originates over tropics or near the equator

Answer 23

Tropical air mass

Question 24

When two masses are by each other but don’t replace another

Answer 24

Stationary front