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Name __________________________ Date ______________________________
Weather Maps Assessment
1. What does a key on a weather map tell you?
a.
b.
c.
d.
What symbols on the map mean
What today’s temperature is
Where mountains are located
How to predict the weather
2. What does the letter H on a weather map show?
a.
b.
c.
d.
An area of high pressure
A high front
An area of high mountains
An area of high temperatures
3. Look at this weather map symbol. What does the symbol stand for?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Stationary front
Cold front
Warn, dry air mass
Warm front
4. What is a front?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A place where air masses meet
The front part of a storm
An area of very high wind
An area that has fair weather.
5. According to the map, what type of weather is Georgia MOST LIKELY having?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sunny and warm
Rainy and warm
Sunny and cold
Rainy and cold
6. What type of weather is the area marked with an H MOST LIKELY having?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Snowy
Rainy
Fair -Sunny
Cloudy
7. A large body of air that has the same conditions throughout is called?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A cold front
An air mass
A warm front
A key
8. A weather map shows that a warm front is heading for Georgia. What type of
weather will Georgia MOST LIKELY be getting soon?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sunny and warm
Dry and cold
Rainy and warm
A snowstorm
Vocabulary
a. prediction
d. cold front
b. air mass
e. warm front
c. front
f. stationary front
1. _____________________ is a large body of air with the same
temperature and humidity throughout.
2. ______________________a warm air mass meets a colder air mass
and slowly rides up over it.
3. ______________________is a place where two different air masses
meet.
4. A _____________________ forms when two air masses meet and
stop moving.
5. _____________________is a guess about what will happen in the
future
6. _____________________a cold air mass bumps up against a warm
air mass.