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Chapter 6 test review
• Weather
Two conditions are
required for cloud
formation: cooling of
the air and ____.
the presence of particles in the air
Cold, dry air affecting the northern
United States in winter often comes
from
____.
• continental polar air masses
Weather associated with an
anticyclone is generally ____.
• dry and clear
When a warm air mass and a cold air
mass meet and neither can move the
other, the result is a(n) ____.
• stationary front
The low air pressure of ____ is often
associated with storms and
precipitation.
• cyclones
Scientists called ____ study the
causes of weather and attempt to
predict
it.
• meteorologists
A major difference between
cyclones and anticyclones is ____.
• the direction of their winds
Any form of water that falls from
clouds is called ____.
• precipitation
What kind of weather could a
continental tropical air mass that
formed over northern Mexico bring to
the southwestern United States?
• hot and dry
. A(n) ____ front may bring many days
of rain because neither the cold nor
warm
air
mass
can
move
the
other.
• stationary front
True (A) or False (B) A tornado is more likely to occur at Y than Z?
true
Air mass A is a
Maritime polar
____.
Air mass B is a
Continental
____. polar
Air mass E is a
____.
Continental tropical
Air mass D is a
____.
Maritime tropical
. A long-lasting storm that begins over
the warm surface of the ocean and has
winds of 119 km/h or higher is a ____.
• hurricane
Large clouds that often produce
thunderstorms are called ____.
• cumulonimbus clouds
• What does A
represent?
cold front
• What does D
represent?
warm front
• What is F
called?
isobar
• What does C
represent?
occluded front
• What does E
represent?
stationary front
A funnel-shaped cloud that touches
Earth’s surface is called a ____.
• tornado
Hurricanes typically form over ____.
• warm ocean water
The boundary where unlike air
masses meet but do not easily mix
is• front
called a(n) ____.
What is measured using the
Enhanced Fujita scale?
• tornado damage
. On weather maps, the curved lines
connecting places with similar
temperature conditions are called ____.
• isotherms
Small lines at the end of the shaft
that represents wind direction on a
weather map indicate ____.
• wind speed
Very high feathery clouds are called
____.
• cirrus clouds