Science Olympiad Meteorology UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Science Olympiad Meteorology
Science Olympiad Meteorology UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
air mass - CORRECT ANSWER- a huge body of air that has similar temperature,
humidity, and air pressure at any given height and a source region. Remember cP, cT, mP,
mT, cA
continental polar (cP) - CORRECT ANSWER- co...
Science Olympiad Meteorology UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
air mass - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a huge body of air that has similar temperature,
humidity, and air pressure at any given height and a source region. Remember cP, cT, mP,
mT, cA
continental polar (cP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cold, dry stable air mass that forms over
land
continental tropical (cT) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unstable, warm, dry air mass that
forms over land
Winter - warm and dry
Summer - Hot and dry
maritime polar (mP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unstable cold, moist air mass that forms
over cold oceans--
Winter and Summer- cold and humid
maritime tropical (mT) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- warm, moist air mass that is formed
over water
Stable if in Pacific Ocean (weather is warm and humid)
Unstable in Atlantic Ocean(weather is warm and humid
continental arctic (cA) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- very cold, very dry stable air mass
front - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary
between two different air masses. Shown on map by colored lines with shapes
, cold front - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- forms when cold air moves under warm air which is
less dense and pushes air up (produces thunderstorms heavy rain or snow) Blue line with
triangles pointed towards where the front is going. Everything behind line is cold.
warm front - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a front where warm air moves over cold air and
brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather. Red line with half
circles pointed towards where the front is going. Everything behind the line is cold.
occluded front - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a front where a warm air mass is caught between
two colder air masses and brings cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow.
Purple line with half circles and triangles facing the same way
stationary front - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- weak cold and warm air masses meet, but
neither can move the other. Line with red half circles, blue triangles facing opposite
directions.
thunderstorm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the most common severe storm, formed in
cumulonimbus clouds. 3 ingredients needed are MOISTURE, UNSTABLE AIR, AND LIFT!
Can produce lightning and hail.
hurricane - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and
whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm
center (eye)
tornado - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a localized and violently destructive windstorm
occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud or violent rotating airextending
toward the ground from the thunderstorm. Need two different air masses clashing.
weather station model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a group of symbols used to communicate
weather at a given place on Earth's surface; Data includes temperature current precipitation,
pressure and pressure change, dew point, etc. It is the circle with readings listed around it.
Coriolis effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The way Earth's rotation makes winds in the
Northern Hemisphere curve to the right and winds in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the
left. Helps define global circulation.
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