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What is probability of precipitation?

  • The likelihood of rain on a given day (correct)
  • The likelihood of snow on a given day
  • The likelihood of thunderstorms on a given day
  • The likelihood of sunshine on a given day

    • True or false: The probability of precipitation refers to the likelihood of snowfall in an area.

    False

    True or false: Probability of precipitation is the likelihood of sunshine at any point in an area.

    False

    What is the probability of precipitation?

    <p>The likelihood of rain at any point in the area on a given day</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Weather patterns are influenced by the Sun's heat and water.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two main factors that determine weather?

    <p>Heat from the sun and water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two factors that weather depends on?

    <p>Heat from the sun and water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Weather is only affected by heat from the Sun.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes weather to change over time?

    <p>Movement of air masses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Air masses flow from low pressure to high pressure.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Air masses move from areas of low pressure to high pressure.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes weather to change over time?

    <p>The movement of air masses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can cause sudden changes in weather?

    <p>Collisions between different air masses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can sudden changes in weather result from?

    <p>Collisions between different air masses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Pressure is measured with a thermometer.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Barometers are used to measure temperature.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is pressure measured?

    <p>With a barometer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is measured with a barometer?

    <p>Pressure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Different air masses bring different types of weather.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Air masses always bring the same type of weather regardless of their source.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a rising barometer indicate?

    <p>High pressure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the four regions that meteorologists use to identify air masses?

    <p>Polar, tropical, continental, and maritime</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Polar air masses are warm and tropical air masses are cold.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Polar air masses are warm.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Continental air masses form over water.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a cold front?

    <p>A boundary between air masses that causes rapid precipitation and thunderstorms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What brings different types of weather depending on their source?

    <p>Air masses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Continental air masses form over water and maritime air masses form over land.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Fronts are borders between air masses.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Fronts are boundaries between air masses.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do meteorologists identify air masses?

    <p>By the regions from which they originate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are fronts?

    <p>Boundaries between air masses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Warm fronts cause rapid precipitation and thunderstorms.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Cold fronts bring about rapid precipitation and thunderstorms.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Warm fronts result in increased temperature and layered clouds.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do cold fronts form?

    <p>Where a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Cold fronts bring layered clouds and increased temperature.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Pressure is a factor in determining the type of weather in an area.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Maritime air masses are formed over land.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do warm fronts form?

    <p>Where a warm air mass moves up and over a cold air mass</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do warm fronts bring when they pass?

    <p>Layered stratus clouds and increasing air pressure and temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Weather patterns are not influenced by the movement of air masses.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Pressure is measured with a barometer.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    • Probability of precipitation is the likelihood of rain at any point in the area on a given day.
    • Weather depends on heat from the sun and water.
    • Air masses flow from high pressure to low pressure, causing weather to change over time.
    • Sudden changes in weather can result when different air masses collide.
    • Pressure is measured with a barometer, and a rising barometer indicates high pressure.
    • Air masses bring different types of weather depending on their source.
    • Meteorologists identify air masses by the regions from which they originate: polar, tropical, continental, or maritime.
    • Fronts are boundaries between air masses that give information to predict temperature, humidity, and air pressure.
    • Cold fronts form where a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass, causing rapid precipitation and thunderstorms.
    • Warm fronts form where a warm air mass moves up and over a cold air mass, bringing layered stratus clouds and increasing air pressure and temperature when the front passes.

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