Weather and Climate Assessment

What is weather defined as in the context of this material?

• The average weather in a location including temperature and precipitation.

• The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind speed, and barometric pressure.

• A long period of unusually dry weather.

• The amount of pressure or force from the air.

Which region is described as having a "dry, cold climate zone"?

• Temperate region

• Tropical region

• Polar region

• Front

What are the four properties meteorologists use to determine the weather?

• Wind speed, humidity, air pressure, temperature

• Climate, polar region, temperate region, tropical region

• Cold front, warm front, stationary front, occluded front

• Front, drought, meteorologist, wind speed

What is a front?

• A long period of unusually dry weather

• The average weather in a location

• Where two different air masses meet

• A scientist who studies and measures weather conditions

What is a cold front?

• A front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather

• When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and no movement occurs

• A front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass

• When a cold front overtakes a warm front

What is created when a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass?

• Warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

When there is a boundary between two air masses that more or less does not move, it's called a

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

What weather front is symbolized here?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

What is created when a cold air mass pushes a warm air mass up?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

What weather front is symbolized here?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front