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Weather and climate

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What biome is lowest in temperature and precipitation, with no vegetation.

Tundra

What biome is shown in this picture?

Steppe

What are (2) factors that can affect weather locally?

Cities, latitude, mountains, lakes, volcanoes

What is the weather instrument shown in this picture?

Anemometer

What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?

Barometer

What is the image below?

RADAR image

What is this weather instrument called?

Wind vane

Tell me one thing about the weather using this station model symbol.

Answers will vary

What type of extreme weather is shown below?

Hurricane

Tell me one thing about the weather using this station model symbol.

Answers will vary

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather = short term, climate = long term

Air masses move from ___ to ___ pressure

High to low

Air masses that are dry and cold would form over:

Land... poles...

What type of front involves two cold air masses squeezing and pushing up a warm air mass?

Occluded

What type of front is shown in the picture found below?

Stationary

Midlatitude cyclones are (high/low) pressure, spin (clockwise/counterclockwise), and produce (thunderstorms, hurricanes, no precipitation)

Low, counterclockwise, thunderstorms