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Meteorology Jeopardy
Weather Instruments Forecasting the weather Severe weather fronts Terms to Know Grab bag
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Instrument used to measure windspeed
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Anemometer
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Technology that can save lives by warning people
of an approaching storm
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Doppler radar
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An instrument that measures relative humidity
with 2 identical thermometers
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Psychrometer
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Used to measure atmospheric pressure
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Barometer
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What tool do meteorologists use to solve
mathematical equations and store data?
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Computers
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A pattern of meteorological symbols that
represent the weather at a particular observing
station
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Station model
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Weather map symbols H L indicated what kind of
center?
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Air pressure centers (or High and Low pressure)
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This system uses reflected radio waves to
determine the velocity and location of objects
called _____
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radar
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Weathe conditions for an area over a long period
of time are referred to as __________
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Climate
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The temperature at which the rate of evaporation
equals the rate of condensation
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Dew Point
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The front edge of an advancing warm air mass that
replaces colder air with warmer air is a _______
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Warm Front
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A tropical storm with high wind speeds
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hurricane
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This forms when a cold air mass over takes a warm
air mass
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Cold front
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A destructive, rotating funnel-shaped column of
air with high wind speeds
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Tornado
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A front at which air masses move either very
slowly or not at all
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Stationary front
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Mass of water vapor contained in a given volume
of air is ______
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Absolute humidity
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A weather event in which the air sinks and flows
outward from a center of high pressure that
brings dry weather
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anticyclone
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Lines that connect points of equal temperature on
a weather map are called _______
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Isotherms
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What is issued when severe weather has been
spotted in a given area?
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Warning
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The heat energy that is absorbed or released by a
substance during a phase change is ________
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Latent Heat
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What can be used to monitor marine conditions?
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Weather Satellite
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What type of storm have meteorologists tried to
control by freezing nuclei?
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Hurricanes
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Doppler radar and satellite images provide
information to make what kind of model?
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Weather Model
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What type of path does a tornado take if it
touches down?
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Haphazard path
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2 major factors used to identify climate are
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Temperature precipitation
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