Weather assessment with some alignment to topic 7 of the Savaas science book.
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The atmosphere is mostly made up of the gases __________ and ___________.
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Which type of front is shown on the map?
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The weather instrument shown is a (n)-
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What is the weather instrument in the picture?
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What is the weather instrument in the picture?
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What does the picture show?
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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?
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What type of air masses form over oceans?
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A high pressure system means we might have this weather.
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What kind of front is shown on the map?
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What does the blue line with triangles on the map represent?
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What do the black lines or isobars on the map measure?
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The amount of water vapor present in the air is called
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How does the gulf stream affect temperature on the east coast?
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What do the molecules in the circles model regarding altitude?
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A student is researching local weather patterns in her region. She observes the air pressure each day at noon and records it in millibars, a unit for measuring pressure in the atmosphere. She displays the data in a graph. Use what you know about the weather when there is a high or low pressure system in the area.
What best explains why the air pressure may have dropped so much from Sunday to Wednesday?
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What makes the Troposphere so special?
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Which term describes the boundary where two air masses meet?
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Which type of storm is associated with the term "lake effect"?
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Which of the following are not used to prevent or stop flooding during storms?
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Begins when warm moist air over the oceans rises rapidly, condenses forming clouds. This releases latent heat which increases the force of rising air.
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Look at the data chart with U.S. regions
1.Which of the U.S. Regions has the lowest number of tornadoes during the entire year? 2. Which U.S. region has 81 tornadoes in May? 3. Notice on the chart that April, May, and June have a higher number of tornadoes on average than other parts of the year. Explain why there are more tornadoes during those three months than the other months. You may want to include something about air masses.
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What does a meteorologist do? Name at least three weather instruments that might be used to predict weather. Also, tell how a meteorologist might be able to help us in planning daily activities with weather. Tell what a meteorologist means when they give a tornado watch. Tell what a meteorologist means when they give a tornado warning.