Meteorology Review Questions
1. Humidity is the amount of ______________ in the air.
2. Tool that measures temperature is? _____________________
3. Which air mass holds more moisture warm or cold?
4. Name the 2 types of barometers.
5. Air will ALWAYS move from _____________pressure to __________pressure.
6. Anemometer measures _______________ _________________.
7. Air moves in a horizontal or vertical direction.
8. All weather happens in the _____________________. (layer of the Atmosphere)
9. What is the main source of heat on the Earth?_________________
10. Hot air Rises or Falls?
11. Low pressure is Warm or Cold?
12. What kind of Weather would we expect if the barometric pressure was falling
fast? _________________
13. Relative humidity is labeled in a ________________.
14. A Weather Vane shows ____________________ __________________.
15. Which layer of the atmosphere reflects radio waves?
16. Barometric pressure is labeled in ____________________________.
17. The coldest layer of the atmosphere is the __________________________.
18. the coriolis effect bends the winds in the North to the ________________.
19. Big, white, “puffy” clouds are called ________________________.
20. In a land breeze the wind moves from the
______land or water____ at night.
land or water
to the
21. What happens to the humidity if the air temperature(dry bulb) goes up?
22. A cloud that forms a blanket in the sky is called a _______________ cloud.
23. The tool that measures relative humidity is called a ______________meter.
24. Warm rising air has __________ pressure.
25. In order for water to evaporate the air needs to be
wet or dry
.
cold or warm
and