Name :___________________________________________________
Weather Webquest
SITE #1
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/synoptic/airmass.htm
1. What is an air mass?
2. What is a front?
SITE #2
http://www.climateandweather.net/world_weather/weather_fronts.htm
Use the pictures on the page to draw warm and cold fronts in the boxes below.
Label the air masses and use arrows to show movement.
cv
Warm front
Cold front
For each of the following facts, write “cold” or “warm” to indicate which type of front it is.
_____________________ 1. The air behind the front is drier then the air in front.
_____________________ 2. On a weather map this front is represented by red semicircles pointing toward colder air.
_____________________ 3. Temperatures can drop more than 15 degrees per hour.
_____________________ 4. Warm air is pushed almost straight up.
SITE #3
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-wind.htm
What is wind?
What causes the wind to blow?
1. Warm air is
LESS
MORE dense therefore it
RISES FALLS
2. Cold air is
LESS
MORE dense therefore it
RISES FALLS
What is the jet stream?
TRADE WINDS
1. Which wind belt is responsible for bring us our weather? ______________________________________________________
Name :___________________________________________________
Draw diagrams of the two breezes below. Label “cool air”, “warm air”, “land”, and “water” in each picture.
Draw a sun or moon where appropriate and arrows to show direction of air movement.
Land Breeze
Sea Breeze
SITE #4
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/
1. Click start
2. Click on Report the weather. Click on Level one
3. On a weather map, H symbolizes ___________________________________________________________.
4. L symbolizes ___________________________________________________.
5. Draw the symbols for:
Warm front
Cold front
6. Now click on start to put the weather symbols on the map.
7. 11 °F is equal to ________________ °C
8. 13 °F is equal to _________________ °C
9. 35 °F is equal to _________________ °C
10. Now you can print your name and move on to Level 3.
a. When the ____________________ front passes through Toledo, there is a chance of rain.
b. The ___________________________ pressure system over St. Louis and Springfield is causing cloudy
conditions.
c. The east coast of Florida will experience a line of ______________________________ caused by a
__________________________ pressure system.
d. 65 °F is equal to __________________ °C
e. 76 °F is equal to __________________ °C