Meteorologist

Frigid air that travels southward from Canada would be what type of air mass?

• continental polar

• continental tropical

• maritime polar

• arctic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Current, short-term variations in the atmosphere are referred to as _________.

• humidiy

• lapse rate

• weather

• the ionosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Low-pressure systems are usually associated with ________ weather.

• cold and dry

• cloudy and rainy

• sunny and dry

• warm and humid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A _______ is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air at ground level that replaces a warmer mass of air and lies within a pronounced surface trough of low pressure.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is below average

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

• Warm Front

• Cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is above average

• Cold Front

• Low Pressure

• High Pressure

• Warm Front

An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.

• Hydrometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Weather Vane

An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas.

• Hydrometer

• Anemometer

• Barometer

• Satellite Radar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base at fairly low altitude.

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• I don't like clouds...

Cloud forming a continuous horizontal gray sheet, often with rain or snow

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• I told you I don't like CLOUDS!

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5