Weather

What is weather?

• how hot or cold the air is

• the weight of the air

• conditions of the atmosphere over 100 years

• day to day conditions of the atmosphere

what is meteorology?

• study of weather

• study of climate

• study of fossils

• study of bones

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.

• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation
• climate

The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.

• weather
• humidity
• air mass
• dew point

When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

• warm front
• cold front
• occluded front
• stationary front

Air pressure is greatest:

• closer to Earth
• farther from Earth

When air contains as much moisture as possible at a specific temperature, it is:

• at its dew point
• saturated
• at its dew point AND saturated
• none of the rest

The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms is the:

• dew point
• rain point
• wind point
• relative humidity

Cold air traveling south from Canada is:

• continental tropical
• continental polar
• maritime tropical
• maritime polar

Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is:

• continental tropical
• continental polar
• maritime tropical
• maritime polar