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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
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 ______
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?
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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