Weather 2: Tools, Predictions, Air Masses

What does this tool measure?

• Wind speed
• Wind direction
• Air pressure
• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which tool measures humidity or the amount of moisture in the air?

• wind vane
• barometer
• anemometer
• hygrometer

Which tool measures air pressure?

• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Wind Vane
• Hygrometer

Which tool measures wind speed?

• Anemometer
• Hygrometer
• Barometer
• Wind Vane

A high pressure system means we might have this weather.

• Snow blizzard
• Sunny and dry
• Rain storm
• Tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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A low pressure system means we might have this weather.

• Sunny 
• A clear sky
• Dry day
• Stormy or wet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

rapidly moving cold air  mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a  .....

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of storm front is this? 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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