The Causes of Weather Game

Fill in the blank: The root word of meteorology is the Greek word 'meteoros', which means ' (a)   in the air'

Fill in the blank: Meteorologists use weather-data averages over (a)   years to define an area's climate.

Describe the process by which air over a warm surface is heated.

(a)  

Match the following air mass types with their source regions:

• Maritime tropical

• Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

• Arctic

• interiors of Canada and Alaska

• Continental tropical

• Siberia, Arctic Basin

• Maritime polar

• North Pacific Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean

• Continental polar

• southwest United States, Mexico

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Fill in the blank: The source regions of arctic air masses are Earth's ice- and snow-covered surfaces above (a)   latitude.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following air mass types with their influence on weather: 1) Arctic 2) Continental polar 3) Continental tropical 4) Maritime polar 5) Maritime tropical

• Maritime tropical

• hot, dry

• Continental tropical

• warm, humid

• Continental polar

• mild, humid

• Maritime polar

• bitter cold, dry

• Arctic

• very cold, dry

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following processes with their effects: 1) Warming and evaporation 2) Air mass modification 3) Convection

• C

• Transfers thermal energy

• A

• Produces lake-effect snow

• B

• Increases moisture

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The speed of air at 45°N latitude is (a)   km/h.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A cold front is represented on a weather map by a blue line with evenly spaced (a)   . A) Circles B) Triangles C) Squares D) Dots.

• Circles

• Triangles

• Squares

• Dots

Fill in the blank: An occluded front is shown on a weather map as a line of evenly spaced, alternating purple triangles and semicircles pointing in the direction of the occluded front’s (a)   .

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5