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Weather Study Guide 1. What is the process by which water vapor enters the atmosphere during the water cycle?___________________ 2. What can relative humidity be measured with? _____________________________________________________ 3. What two conditions are required for cloud formation? ______________________________________________ 4. What are the very high feathery clouds called? _____________________________________________________ 5. Any form of water that falls from clouds is called ___________________________________________________. 6. On average, a snowfall of 20cm would equal a rainfall of ____________ cm. 7. An ice pellet larger than 5mm in diameter that forms during a thunderstorm is called a ____________________. 8. A long period of scarce rainfall or dry weather is called a _______________________________________. 9. Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from ________________________ ______________________ air masses. 10. What type of weather would a continental tropical air mass that formed over northern Mexico bring to the southwestern United States? _________________________________________________________________ 11. What type of front is formed when a warm air mass and cold air mass meet and neither can move the other? ______________________________________ 12. What type of front is formed when a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass? ___________________________ 13. What type of weather is associated with an anticyclone? _____________________________________________ 14. What is the major difference between cyclones and anticyclones? ______________________________________ 15. What is often the most dangerous aspect of a snowstorm? ___________________________________________ 16. What type of clouds produce thunderstorms? ______________________________________________________ 17. Sudden, violent floods that occur shortly after a storm are called ______________________________________. 18. Where is a safe place to be during a thunderstorm? _________________________________________________ 19. A long-lasting storm that begins over the ocean and has high winds is called a ____________________________. 20. What is a funnel-shaped cloud that touches the Earth’s surface called? __________________________________ 21. What do the small lines at the end of the shaft that represents wind direction indicate? ____________________ 22. The collecting of weather data in the last 40 years has been improved mostly by _________________________. 23. What are isobars? ____________________________________________________________________________ 24. Classify each of the air masses shown (A-F). Some words will be used more than once. Word Bank: continental polar, continental tropical, maritime polar, maritime tropical A. ____________________________ B. ______________________________ C. __________________________ D. ____________________________ E. ______________________________ F. ___________________________ 25. Which air masses are likely to bring dry weather to the United States? __________________________________ 26. What does A represent? In what direction is it moving? ______________________________________________ 27. What does D represent? In what direction is it moving? _____________________________________________ 28. What is F called? _________________________________________ 29. What does B connect? _________________________________________________________________________ 30. What is the temperature of the dry-bulb thermometer? _____________________________________ 31. What is the temperature of the wet-bulb thermometer? _____________________________________ 32. Based on the temperatures shown in the diagram, what is the relative humidity of the air? _________________ 33. Label A, B, C, and E on the water cycle. A.______________________________ B. ____________________________ C. _________________________ E.______________________________ *There will also be an experiment question on the test so make sure you can the identify independent, dependent, and controlled variables.