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5. 100 200 300 400 500 Air Masses FrontsSymbols Climate Maps Predicting the Weather

6. A 100 Air mass that comes to the U.S. from the Gulf of Mexico *

7. A 100 Maritime Tropical (mT)

8. A 200 Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter comes from which air mass? *

9. A 200 Continental Polar (cP)

10. A 300 Air mass that comes to the U.S. from the northern Atlantic Ocean *

11. A 300 Maritime Polar (mP)

12. A 400 Air mass that comes to the U.S. from central Mexico *

13. A 400 Continental Tropical (cT)

14. A 500 The majority of air masses that come into the U.S. will move from ______ to ______

15. A 500 West to East

16. B 100 When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass *

17. B 100 Warm front

18. When a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses * B 200

19. Occluded front

20. B 300 When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and no movement occurs *

21. B 300 Stationary front

22. B 400 When a rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a slow moving warm air mass *

23. B 400 Cold front

24. True or False? A front is an area where Air masses meet and mix. B 500

25. FALSE; They do NOT mix

26. C 100

27. Cold Front

28. C 200

29. Occluded Front

30. C 300 *

31. Warm Front C 300

32. C 400 What does this weather symbol indicate?

33. C 400 Partly Cloudy Skies

34. C 500 Describe the cloud cover, wind speed and direction for the symbol below

35. - Clear skies (no clouds) - very low (no wind) - blowing in from the southwest C 500

36. D 100 The sun’s rays are least direct …*

37. D 100 Near the poles

38. D 200 The season’s are caused by …

39. D 200 The tilt of Earth’s axis as Earth revolves around the sun.

40. D 300 The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a …

41. D 300 Continental Climate

42. D 400 Which of the following is not a factor which influences temperature? - altitude - distance from large bodies of water - ocean currents - irrigation

43. D 400 Irrigation

44. D 500 The 2 main factors that determine the climate of a region are …

45. D 500 Temperature and Precipitation

46. E 100 Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it are called … *

47. E 100 Meteorologists

48. E 200 Techniques for predicting weather have changed and improved due to changes in …*

49. E 200 Technology

50. E 300 What kind of front does A represent? *

51. E 300 Cold Front

52. E 400 In what direction is C moving? *

53. E 400 East (North East)

54. E 500 What is B called? *

55. E 500 Isotherm

56. F 100 What type of air mass is air mass B? *

57. Continental Polar (cP) F 100

58. F 200 Describe the temperature and humidity of air mass A? *

59. Cold and humid F 200

60. F 300 Give the letter of an air mass on the map, which is likely to bring dry weather to the United states? *

61. B or E F 300

62. F 400 Give the letter of the zone in which the United States lies?

63. F 400 B

64. F 500 Name zones A - E

65. F 500 A - Polar B - Temperate C - Tropical D - Temperate E - Polar

66. The Final Jeopardy Category is: Cyclones and Anticyclones Click on screen to begin

67. Click on screen to continue Besides air pressure (and the type of weather they bring) one difference between cyclones and anticyclones is … *

68. Click on screen to continue The direction their winds circulate

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