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)], . . [(is) (is not)]
  14. _________ mb, . . _________ mb, . . __________ mb
  15. [(2) (3) (6)] isobars,
    [(northern Plains and Great Lakes) (southern Plains and western Gulf Coast)]
  16. [(Minnesota) (Oklahoma)], . . [(lower) (higher)]
  17. [(southeast) (west-northwest)], . . [(northeast) (southeast)], . . [(perpendicular) (parallel)]
  18. [(right) (left)], . . [(east-southeast) (south-southwest)], . . [(right) (left)]
  19. [(south-southeast) (west-northwest)], . . [(northwest) (southwest)]
  20. [(clockwise and outward) (counterclockwise and inward)]
    _________ mb, . . _________ kts, . . [(east) (west)], . . [(northeast) (southwest)],
    (northwest) (southeast)]

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. [(east-west) (north-south)], . . [(twenty to fifty) (calm to fifteen)] kts
  13. temp (°C): [(-14) (-26)], . . dewpt (°C): [(-11) (-20)], . . wind direction: [(west) (southeast)],
    wind speed (kt): about [(10) (30)], . . height (m): [(5690) (5750)]
  14. [(Albuquerque, NM) (Charleston, SC)]
  15. [(a deep trough over the central US) (a strong ridge over the central US)
    (a basic west-to-east flow with little curvature)]
  16. [(closer together) (farther apart)], . . [(similar to) (the opposite of)]
  17. [(inward ) (outward)], . . [(inward ) (outward)],
    [("parallel to the contours") (across the contours toward lower heights)]
  18. [(colder) (warmer)], . . [(higher) (lower)], . . [(colder) (warmer)]
  19. [(higher) (lower)], . . [(trough) (ridge)]
    [(25) (31)] OCT, . . [(were) (were not)]

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