Category 1
Weather is affected by the amount of what in the air?
What is water.
A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and that may be visible as a funnel-shaped cloud.
What is a tornado?
The boundary between air masses of different densities and usually different temperatures.
What is a front?
What are sunburn and skin cancer?
A narrow band of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere
What is a Jet Stream?
A usually brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightning, and thunder
What is a thunderstorm?
The sound caused by the rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike
What is thunder?
A local rise in sea level near the shore that is caused by strong winds from a storm, such as those from a hurricane
What is a storm surge?
A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 119 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center.
What is a hurricane?
An electric discharge that takes place between two oppositely charged surfaces, such as between a cloud and the ground, between two clouds, or between two parts of the same cloud.
What is lightning?
In a low-pressure system, how does air move?
What is upward?
When a warm air mass and a cool air mass meet, which air mass usually moves upward?
What is the warm air mass?
This occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor thereby affecting weather.
What is Evaporation?
Warm currents have this type of effect on the air masses above them?
What is a warming effect?
What is Mrs. Miller's favorite place to go in the summer?
What is the beach, specifically O.C.N.J?
What is when it moves over land or cooler water.
What is between 10 am and 4 pm?
When is the last day of school?
What is June 5th?
What is Mrs. Bigelow's favorite candy?
What is 100 Grands OR dark chocolate?
What is Mrs. Miller's favorite color?
What is pink?
What is given when severe weather has been spotted OR is expected within 24 hours
What is a weather WARNING.
What is given when the conditions are IDEAL for severe weather
What is a weather WATCH
Name one thing you can do to prepare for severe weather
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Name one thing you can do to prepare for severe weather
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Name one thing you can do to prepare for severe weather?
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