Clouds, weather map symbols, weather tools
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Cirrus clouds are | High, thin and wispy clouds. Fair weather.
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| Cumulus clouds are | Mid level "cotton ball" clouds. Partly cloudy day.
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| Stratus clouds are | Overcast low lying clouds. Precipitation.
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| Weather is composed of | cloud cover, humidity, air pressure, temperature, wind direction and wind speed. (CHATW2)
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| What are the 4 types of precipitation? | Rain, sleet, snow and hail
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| An anemometer measures | Wind speed
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| A barometer measures | Air pressure
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| A thermometer measures | Temperature
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| An air mass is | a large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops
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| A front is when | Two air masses meet.
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| What are the 4 types of fronts. | Cold, warm, stationary, occuluded
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| High pressure system | Fair Good "happy" weather.High clouds.
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| Low pressure system | Low clouds overcast "lousy" weather.
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| Air pressure is affected by | Humidity (water vapor) altitude, and temperature (HAT)
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| A Meteorlogist | Forcasts the weather
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| Weather Fronts generally move | West to East.
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| Cumulonimbous clouds are the | Thunderstorm clouds.
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