Chapter 12 Test Meteorology

Inbalances in Earth's ___ help to create weather?

What instrument uses infrared imagery to detect differences in thermal energy?

Current, short term variations in the atmosphere are referred to as ___.

What type of air mass is based on land and brings hot dry weather?

The exchange of heat or moisture with the surface over which an air mass travels is known as__.

A ___ forecast involves comparing current weather patterns to ones in the past.

The Coriolis effect is due to the ____ of the Earth.

What front is being forecast for this area?

The hot and humid weather in Texas in the summer is likely due to what air mass?

Whether the day will be rainy or dry can be predicted by long term forecast at the ___ range.

What type of weather is associated with this type of front?

A record of weather data for a particular site at a particular time is a ____.

What does the sky look like at the location with this station model?

Due to the __, air particles deflect to the right in N Hemisphere and Left in the S Hemisphere.

A warm front can cause what type of weather?

At what point do scientists classify an area's weather as its climate?

Low-pressure systems are usually associated with ___ weather.

What type of front is being modeled in the diagram?

What direction is the wind moving?

The change in wave frequency of energy as it moves toward or away from observer is the ____.

What type of front is in the picture?

Differences in thermal energy can be detected with____.

Which air mass produces Seattle's heavy winter precipitation?

What weather instrument is used to measure wind speeds?

A balloon-borne package of sensors that gather upper-level temperature, pressure, and humidity.

Which region would be warmest during the winter as a result of its air mass?

What type of forecast relies on numerical data?

Frigid air that travels southward from Canada would be what type of air mass?

What instrument tracks clouds, but not necessarily precipitation?

When two air masses meet but neither advances, the boundary between them stalls is known as?