Weather Test 2 study guide answer key

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polar tropical warm front a warm air mass slides over a cold one a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass and forces the warm air up in low-pressure systems they all have low air pressure and fast moving winds

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They all usually bring precipitation. anemometer wind speed barometer air pressure rain gauge

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to predict where a hurricane will go east 12 Celsius 39

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Georgia Arkansas Alabama Missouri 1020 isobars Virginia would have clear skies because of the high pressure. Clouds do not form when the air pressure is high.

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cloud patterns movement Charleston Florence from the northwest partly cloudy Irmo

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Albuquerque Rainy because of the stationary front B A C A B

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a convection current The land get hot faster than the water. The hot land warms the air above it. The warm air rises and cooler air from the water comes in to take its place. The Gulf Stream current brings warm water up from the tropical zone. The temperate zone changes with the seasons, the tropics are warm, and the polar zone is cold.

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Earth’s spin The winds in the tropical zone blow from east to west; they push the storms. temperate jet stream The polar jet stream has dipped and allowed a cold air mass to move down to us. atmosphere temperature troposphere nitrogen oxygen

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they make the Earth suitable for living things rain snow sleet hail evaporation dew Earth’s surface troposphere run-off

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by their shape (puffy, etc.) fair weather nimbo-

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cumulus stratus radiation Solar Sun land The Greenhouse Effect Anything that involves trapping heat. The inside of a car getting hotter as it sits in the sunlight would be an example.