DATASTREME - Week 8 Activity Response Form

Name: __________________________

Activity 8A Responses

  1. ______-mb interval, . . [(High) (Low)]
  2. [(highest) (lowest)], . . [(parallel) (perpendicular)]
  3. [(straight) (curved)]
  4. [(straight) (curved)]
  5. [(straight) (curved)], . . [(straight) (curved)]
  6. [(is straight) (curves to the right) (curves to the left)]
  7. [(is straight) (curves to the right) (curves to the left)]
  8. [(right) (left)], . . [(right) (left)]
  9. [(is) (is not)], . . [(right) (left)]
  10. _____________, . . ______________
  11. [(perpendicular) (parallel)]
  12. [(lower) (higher)], . . [(inward) (outward)], . . [(inward) (outward)]
  13. [(clockwise and outward) (counterclockwise and inward)], . . [(are) (are not)]
    [(clockwise and outward) (counterclockwise and inward)], . . [(is) (is not)]
  14. _________ mb, . . _________ mb, . . __________ mb
  15. [(1) (4) (7)] isobars, . . [(Northern Plains) (Southeast)], . . [(New England) (Arizona)]
  16. [(southwest) (northwest)], . . [(south) (north)], . . [(perpendicular) (parallel)]
    [(southwest) (northwest)], . . [(perpendicular) (parallel)], . . [(lowest) (highest)]
  17. [(right) (left)], . . [(southeast) (northwest)], . . [(right) (left)]
  18. [(southwest) (northwest)], . . [(southwest) (northwest)]

Activity 8B Responses

  1. no answer needed
  2. no answer needed
  3. no answer needed
  4. ________ m, . . ___________ m
  5. [(higher) (lower)]
  6. [(lowest) (highest)], . . [(lowest) (highest)]
  7. [(trough) (ridge)], . . [(trough) (ridge)]
  8. [(cold) (warm)], . . [(cold) (warm)], . . [(colder) (warmer)]
  9. [(increase) (decrease)]
  10. [(increases) (decreases) (does not change)], . . [(rises) (falls)]
  11. [(perpendicular) (parallel)]
  12. temp (°C): [(-13) (-15)], . . dewpt (°C): [(-15) (-26)]
    wind direction: [(south-southwest) (northeast)], . . wind speed (kt): about [(20) (50)]
    height (m): [(5690) (5810)]
  13. [(Cape Hatteras, NC) (Dallas, TX)]
  14. [(a trough over the western US) (a ridge over the Mississippi River valley)
    (a trough over New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces) (all of the above)]
  15. [(closer together) (farther apart)], . . [(similar to) (the opposite of)]
  16. [(inward ) (outward)], . . [(inward ) (outward)],
    [("parallel to the contours") (across the contours toward lower heights)]
  17. [(colder) (warmer)], . . [(higher) (lower)], . . [(colder) (warmer)]
  18. [(has reversed positions) (remained the same)], . . [(reversed from) (the same as)]

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