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Chapter 24 Test Review
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As lower layers of air are warmed, the air __________________.
______________ ____________ - an air mass that originates in the Pacific or Atlantic and brings cold,
moist air.
________ _________________ - a large body of air where moisture content and temperature are similar.
_____________ ___________ - an air mass that originates in the US southwest and brings warm, dry air.
Continental polar, maritime polar, continental tropical, and maritime tropical are the main types of
__________ ___________________.
________ ___________ - an air mass that originates in the Pacific or Atlantic that brings warm moist air.
_____________ _________________ - an air mass responsible for cool, dry air in the northern summers.
A _____________________ is issued when severe weather has been sighted.
____________________________, ___________________________, and ____________________________
are the thunderstorm stages.
The ______________________________________ thunderstorm stage is when precipitation begins to fall.
________________________________- lines on a weather map that connect points of equal temperature.
____________________________- weather event that brings dry weather as air sinks and flows outward
from a center of high pressure.
_________________________ __________________ - a pattern of meteorological symbols that represent
weather at a particular station.
A station model shows symbols that represent ________________________ temperature, dew point, and
wind speed but not ________________________ weather.
Symbols H and L on a weather map indicate _____________ ____________________ _________________.
When weather conditions are ideal for severe weather, a ________________________________ is issued.
Scientists have tried to control several aspects of weather through _________________ ______________
which helps produce precipitation.
Seeding clouds to reduce ____________________ and _____________________ have shown little success.
___________________ ___________________ - a storm resulting from a bend in a cold front which starts
creating an area of low pressure with rotating winds.
Scientists use ___________________ and ___________________ to convey information on a weather map.
Weather centers all over the world __________________ the information they collect with other centers.
_________ _________ _________- an organization that promotes rapid exchange of weather information.
____________________ __________________ ___________________ - the US weather forecasting agency.
_____________ _________________ - the temperature to which air must cool in order for more water to
condense than to evaporate.
________________________________________ - lines that connect points of equal atmospheric pressure.
isobars
exchange
isotherms
cumulus
warning
station model
hurricanes
cloud seeding
dew point
rises
air masses
dissipating
anticyclone
watch
current
isotherms
World Weather Watch
National Weather Service
continental polar
continental tropical
symbols
midlatitude cyclone
air pressure centers
maritime polar
air mass
mature
maritime tropical
colors
lightening
predicted