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1. What can a weather map tell?
Locations of fronts, cloud cover,
temperature
2. What does a barometer measure?
Air pressure
3. An area’s climate can be best
predicted by _________.
latitude (distance from the equator)
4. What instrument would you use to
measure humidity?
Hygrometer
5. What type of front is formed when
a warm air mass pushes into a cold
air mass?
warm front
6. What type of cloud forms a layer
with other flat clouds?
stratus
7. A wispy, feathery cloud is a ______.
Cirrus
8. A puffy cloud that appears to rise
from a flat base is a __________.
Cumulus
9. What is a large region of air that has
the same temperature and moisture?
air mass
10. What is the blanket of air that
surrounds Earth?
atmosphere
11. What is the boundary called when air
masses of different temperatures
meet and do not move?
stationary front
12. What kind of front is formed when
cold air pushes into an area of warm air?
cold front
13. The amount of water vapor in the air is
called?
humidity
14. What do you call the boundary between
air masses with different temperatures?
front
15. The force of an area from the push of air is?
Air pressure
16. The troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere,
and thermosphere are all layers of _____.
atmosphere