1. Meteorology Jeopardy Weather Instruments Forecasting the weather Severe weather & fronts Terms to Know Grab bag 100 200 300 400 500

2. Instrument used to measure windspeed Answer

3. Anemometer Home

4. Technology that can save lives by warning people of an approaching storm Answer

5. Doppler radar Home

6. An instrument that measures relative humidity with 2 thermometers Answer

7. Psychrometer Home

8. Used to measure atmospheric pressure Answer

9. Barometer Home

10. What layer of the atmosphere does our weather occur in? Answer

11. Troposphere Home

12. What type of air mass is dry and warm, and originates in SW USA or Mexico? Answer

13. Home Continental Tropical

14. Weather map symbols H & L indicate what kind of centers? Answer

15. Air pressure centers (or High and Low pressure) Home

16. This system uses reflected radio waves to determine the velocity and location of objects called: _____ Answer

17. radar Home

18. Weather conditions for an area over a long period of time are referred to as __________ Answer

19. Climate Home

20. The temperature at which the rate of evaporation equals the rate of condensation Answer

21. Dew Point Home

22. The front edge of an advancing warm air mass that replaces colder air with warmer air is a _______ Answer

23. Warm Front Home

24. What kind of front has similar weather to a cold front because of a fast-moving front overtaking a warm one? Answer

25. Occluded Front Home

26. This forms when a cold air mass over takes a warm air mass and causes violent storms Answer

27. Cold front Home

28. What is a large body of air throughout which temp and moisture content are similar Answer

29. Air Mass Home

30. A front at which air masses move either very slowly or not at all, and have weather similar to that of a warm front Answer

31. Stationary front Home

32. Answer Mass of water vapor contained in a given volume of air is ______

33. Absolute humidity Home

34. What kind of pressure system brings warmer temps, cloudy skies, and stormy weather? Answer

35. Low Pressure Home

36. The ratio of the amount of water in the air to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation at a given temperature Answer

37. Relative Humidity Home

38. What is issued when severe weather has been spotted in a given area? Answer

39. Warning Home

40. Answer Cool, clear skies and fair weather come from what type of pressure system?

41. High Pressure System Home

42. What part of the water cycle involves liquid water changing to water vapor? Answer

43. Evaporation Home

44. What part of the water cycle involves water vapor changing back into liquid water? Answer

45. Condensation Home

46. Which air mass originates in the Arctic and Canada, and is cool and dry? Answer

47. Continental Polar Home

48. Which air mass originates in the Gulf of Mexico, and is warm and moist? Answer

49. Maritime Tropical Home

50. 2 major factors used to identify climate are: Answer

51. Temperature & precipitation Home