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Meteorology Jeopardy
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Instruments the weather
Severe
weather &
Terms to
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Instrument used to
measure windspeed
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Anemometer
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Technology that can save
lives by warning people of
an approaching storm
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Doppler radar
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An instrument that
measures relative humidity
with 2 thermometers
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Psychrometer
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Used to measure
atmospheric pressure
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Barometer
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What layer of the
atmosphere does our
weather occur in?
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Troposphere
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What type of air mass is dry
and warm, and originates in
SW USA or Mexico?
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Continental Tropical
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Weather map symbols H
& L indicate what kind of
centers?
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Air pressure centers (or
High and Low pressure)
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This system uses
reflected radio waves
to determine the
velocity and location
of objects called:
_____
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radar
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Weather conditions for an
area over a long period of
time are referred to as
__________
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Climate
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The temperature at which
the rate of evaporation
equals the rate of
condensation
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Dew Point
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The front edge of an
advancing warm air
mass that replaces
colder air with
warmer air is a
_______
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Warm Front
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What kind of front has
similar weather to a
cold front because of a
fast-moving front
overtaking a warm one?
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Occluded Front
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This forms when a cold
air mass over takes a
warm air mass and
causes violent storms
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Cold front
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What is a large body of air
throughout which temp
and moisture content are
similar
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Air Mass
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A front at which air
masses move either very
slowly or not at all, and
have weather similar to
that of a warm front
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Stationary front
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Mass of water vapor
contained in a given volume
of air is ______
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Absolute humidity
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What kind of pressure
system brings warmer
temps, cloudy skies, and
stormy weather?
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Low Pressure
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The ratio of the
amount of water in
the air to the amount
of water vapor needed
to reach saturation at
a given temperature
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Relative Humidity
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What is issued when
severe weather has
been spotted in a given
area?
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Warning
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Cool, clear skies and fair weather
come from what type of pressure
system?
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High Pressure System
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What part of the water cycle
involves liquid water
changing to water vapor?
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Evaporation
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What part of the water cycle
involves water vapor
changing back into liquid
water?
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Condensation
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Which air mass originates in
the Arctic and Canada, and
is cool and dry?
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Continental Polar
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Which air mass originates in
the Gulf of Mexico, and is
warm and moist?
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Maritime Tropical
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2 major factors used to
identify climate are:
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Temperature & precipitation
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