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Chapter 7 Test Study Guide
1.Which instrument measures air pressure?
2.High clouds made of ice crystals are called _____ clouds.
3.What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?
4.What kind of weather would an occluded front likely bring?
5.Which of the following describes an air mass with the symbol cT?
6. Large thunderhead clouds that produce precipitation are called _____ clouds.
7. The images that track a storm on television are an example of what weather tool?
8.How does a warm front form?
9.What kind of front forms when a cold air mass displaces a warm air mass?
10.A front that forms when a warm air mass is trapped between cold air masses and
is forced to rise is a(n) _____ front.
11.A maritime tropical air mass contains what kind of air?
12.What is the relative humidity of air at its dew point?
13.What kind of weather would cumulonimbus clouds likely bring?
14.What do lines of an isobar represent?
Vocabulary Know these terms and definitions
15.The boundary between two types of air masses
16.Forms over water in the polar regions: Wet and Cold
17.An Instrument used to measure wind speed
18.A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans with winds of more than
120km/h
19.The change of state from a gas to a liquid
20.A large body of air where temperature and moisture content are constant
throughout.
Chapter 7 Test Study Guide
1.Which instrument measures air pressure?
2.High clouds made of ice crystals are called _____ clouds.
3.What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?
4.What kind of weather would an occluded front likely bring?
5.Which of the following describes an air mass with the symbol cT?
6. Large thunderhead clouds that produce precipitation are called _____ clouds.
7. The images that track a storm on television are an example of what weather tool?
8.How does a warm front form?
9.What kind of front forms when a cold air mass displaces a warm air mass?
10.A front that forms when a warm air mass is trapped between cold air masses and
is forced to rise is a(n) _____ front.
11.A maritime tropical air mass contains what kind of air?
12.What is the relative humidity of air at its dew point?
13.What kind of weather would cumulonimbus clouds likely bring?
14.What do lines of an isobar represent?
Vocabulary Know these terms and definitions
15.The boundary between two types of air masses
16.Forms over water in the polar regions: Wet and Cold
17.An Instrument used to measure wind speed
18.A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans with winds of more than
120km/h
19.The change of state from a gas to a liquid
20.A large body of air where temperature and moisture content are constant
throughout.