Chapter 9- Weather Patterns Flashcards

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The lifting of air and resulting formation of clouds and rain is more gentle (gradual)

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Warm front

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Middle-latitude cyclones

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Travel from west to east.
Large low pressure systems
Have both a cold front and warm front

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Which of these best describes the reason most high pressure systems being clear skies?

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Sinking air aloft

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On a weather map, fronts that are shown with triangular points on side of the front and semicircles on the other

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Stationary

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A warm front is said to exist when

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Advancing warm air overrides retreating cold air

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The energy of mid-latitude cyclones comes mainly from

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Rising warm air

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The arrival of a cold front brings

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Cumulonimbus clouds

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Which is common to both cold and warm fronts?

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Lifting of warm air over cold.

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Compared to other types of fronts, the weather associated with a cold front usually

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Is more violent but of shorter duration

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If a warm front is approaching, you can expect a

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Rising temperatures

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After a cold fronts passes, which of these does not usually occur

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Falling barometer

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The wind direction in a low pressure system is

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