FEMA Study Guide
Global Scale - Answer-Large patterns of winds, temperature, and pressure.
Synoptic Scale - Answer-When weather affects one or more states
Mesoscale - Answer-Local events
What scale is often most hazardous and most difficult to forecast? - Answer-The mesoscale
Weather on earth is the result of what 4 features? - Answer-The Sun, the planet's atmosphere,
moisture, and the structure of the planet.
What does FEMA stand for? - Answer-Federal Emergency Management Agency
Temperature - Answer-A measure of heat, and it describes the molecular energy of an object.
Tight Pressure Gradiant - Answer-When pressure changes rapidly between two areas. The tighter the
gradient, the stronger the winds tend to be
Global Scale - Answer-Large patterns of winds, temperature, and pressure.
Synoptic Scale - Answer-When weather affects one or more states
Mesoscale - Answer-Local events
What scale is often most hazardous and most difficult to forecast? - Answer-The mesoscale
Weather on earth is the result of what 4 features? - Answer-The Sun, the planet's atmosphere,
moisture, and the structure of the planet.
What does FEMA stand for? - Answer-Federal Emergency Management Agency
Temperature - Answer-A measure of heat, and it describes the molecular energy of an object.
Tight Pressure Gradiant - Answer-When pressure changes rapidly between two areas. The tighter the
gradient, the stronger the winds tend to be
