Test Review Unit 6 Weather
1. The Sun’s energy travels as ____________________.
2. Weak winds between the trades of the northern and southern hemisphere are
Known as ____________________
3. Weather Fronts are not part of Global ________________ which include polar
easterlies, westerlies, trade winds
4. What must be present for a cloud to form? _________________
5. Name of the prevailing winds that blow over North America?
__________________
6. The expansion of air as it rises and cools? ____________________
7. Nimbo or nimbus means _______________
8. clouds that bring rain and thunderstorms are called _______________________
9. condensation particles are small ice and ___________ particles
10. Highest level clouds ________________________
11. Bady of air where the temperature is the same is call an __________________
mass
12. Continental polar, continental tropical, maritime tropical , are examples of
_________________________
13. Name the three stages of a thunderstorm 1. ______________ 2. ______________
3. _______________________
14. precipitation of a large area with gentle light rains is an example of a
_______________ Front.
15. air mass that brings dry warm air ______________________
16. A front that forms when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass and lifts the warm air
mass off the ground and over another air mass is called a(n)
17. an air mass that originates in southern Atlantic and Pacific areas and brings warm, moist
air ________________________________________
18. an air mass that originates in North Atlantic and North Pacific areas and brings cold,
moist air __________________________
19. an air mass that originates in Canada and brings cold, dry air
_______________________
20. an air mass that originates in U.S. southwest and brings warm, dry air _____________
21. a destructive, rotating, funnel-shaped column of air with high wind speeds ______
22. the front edge of a moving mass of cold air that pushes beneath a warmer air mass like a
wedge ________________________
23. a brief, heavy storm with rain, wind, lightning, and thunder _________________
24. a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans, whose strong winds spiral in toward
the low-pressure storm center ____________________
25. the front edge of advancing warm air mass that replaces colder air with warmer air
___________________________________________
1. The Sun’s energy travels as ___Radiation_________________.
2. Weak winds between the trades of the northern and southern hemisphere are
Known as ____doldrums________________
3. Weather Fronts are not part of Global ______winds__________ which include
polar easterlies, westerlies, trade winds
4. What must be present for a cloud to form? ___nuclei______________
5. Name of the prevailing winds that blow over North America?
____Westerlies______________
6. The expansion of air as it rises and cools? __adiabatic cooling________________
7. Nimbo or nimbus means ___Rain____________
8. clouds that bring rain and thunderstorms are called
_____cumulonimbus__________________
9. condensation particles are small ice and __dust_________ particles
10. Highest level clouds _____cirrus___________________
11. Body of air where the temperature is the same is call an ___air
_______________ mass
12. Continental polar, continental tropical, maritime tropical , are examples of
______air masses___________________
13. Name the three stages of a thunderstorm 1. ___Cumulus___________ 2.
______mature________ 3. _____dissipating__________________
14. precipitation of a large area with gentle light rains is an example of a _____warm
__________ Front.
15. air mass that brings dry warm air ___continental___________________
16. A front that forms when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass and lifts the warm air
mass off the ground and over another air mass is called a(n) occluded
17. an air mass that originates in southern Atlantic and Pacific areas and brings warm, moist
air ________maritime tropical________________________________
18. an air mass that originates in North Atlantic and North Pacific areas and brings cold,
moist air ______maritime polar____________________
19. an air mass that originates in Canada and brings cold, dry air ____continental
polar___________________
20. an air mass that originates in U.S. southwest and brings warm, dry air __continental
tropical___________
21. a destructive, rotating, funnel-shaped column of air with high wind speeds
___Tornado___
22. the front edge of a moving mass of cold air that pushes beneath a warmer air mass like a
wedge _____cold front___________________
23. a brief, heavy storm with rain, wind, lightning, and thunder
____thunderstorm_____________
24. a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans, whose strong winds spiral in toward
the low-pressure storm center __hurricane__________________
25. the front edge of advancing warm air mass that replaces colder air with warmer air
_____warm Front______________________________________