Post Test - Weather
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Meteorology | The sceintific study of all atmospheric elements which combine to make up weather.
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| Weather | The state of the lower atmosphere at any particular time and place.
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| Atmosphere | A 600 mile thick blanket of gases surrounding the earth.
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| Troposphere | The lowest layer of the earth's atmosphere where all weather occurs.
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| Jet Stream | A strong, high-level wind that can reach speeds in excess of 200 mph circling the earth in the upper troposphere.
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| Air Mass | An extensive body of air having the same temperature and moisture characteristics.
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| Cumulonimbus | A vertically developed thunderstorm cloud, often with an anvilshaped top and accompanied by heavy showers, lightning, thunder, hail, or strong, gusty winds.
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| Wind Chill Index | The calculation of temperature that factors in the effects of wind and temperature on the human body to better describe what the temperature feels like.
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| Hurricane | An intense tropical storm in the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico or eastern north Pacific Ocean, having sustained winds of greater than 74 mph.
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| Eye (of Hurricane) | The center of a hurricane, characterized by a roughly circular area of light winds.
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| Isobar | Denotes lines of equal pressure on a weather map
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| Front | Collision between a cold dry air mass and a warm moist air mass
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| Troposphere | Area of atmosphere where weather occurs
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| Stratus | Gray skies - type of cloud
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| Climate | Long duration over a large land area
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| Anemometer/Beaufort Scale | Both are used to assess wind forces
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| anticyclone | high pressure system
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| Temperature | Most instrumental in changing the weather in different parts of the atmosphere.
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| Aneroid Barometer | measures atmospheric pressure
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