Sol 4.6 Weather
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Questions
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By Tclark213 on May 3, 2010
Question Excerpt
| 1. | The boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures and levels of humidity. |
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| 2. | Amount of moisture, or water vapor, in the air. |
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| 3. | VEry large body of air that is spread over hundreds of miles and has the same temperature and humidity |
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| 4. | Push caused by the weight of air. |
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| 5. | Smooth gray clouds that cover the whole sky and usually bring light rain and drizzle. |
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| 6. | White puffy clouds that look like cotton and are associated with sunny weather |
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| 7. | Thin, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that are seen high in the sky and indicate that rain or snow is coming. |
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| 8. | Tall, dark clouds that are associated with thunderstorms. |
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| 9. | What air is more dense? Cold or hot |
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| 10. | Does cold or warm air form high pressure areas? |
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| 11. | Does coldor warm air form low pressure areas? |
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| 12. | __________ pressure usually contain clouds. |
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| 13. | _______ pressure areas usually have very few clouds. |
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| 14. | Mass of heavy air that sometimes slides underneath a mass of lighter air and pushes it up, often causing thunderstorms and a drop in air temperature. |
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| 15. | Mass of light air that sometimes moves in and slides over a mass of heavier air, often leading to steady rain or snow and an increase in air temperature. |
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| 16. | Scientists who collect data using a variety of instruments and then use data to predict the weather. |
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| 17. | Tool used to measure precipitation. |
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| 18. | Tool used to measure air pressure |
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| 19. | Tool used to measure wind velocity, or speed |
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| 20. | Tool used to measure air temperature |
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| 21. | Hurricanes, thunderstorms, and tornadoes are caused by |
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| 22. | Warm, low pressure weather system surrounded by cooler air over ocean waters, a severe storm with winds above 75 mph may occur. |
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| 23. | Warm, moist air near the ground is covered by a mass of cold air, a storm with heavy winds and rain may occur |
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| 24. | Thunderstorm meets strong winds high in the sky, the winds can cause the storm to spin in a strong, rotating column of air that reaches from a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground. |
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| 25. | All storms have strong winds and _______ air pressure |
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