Extreme Weather
Weather Language
Fronts
Reading a Weather Map
Safety Precautions
100
This is a violent tropical storm with winds of over 74 mph.
What is a hurricane?
100
This is a body of air.
What is an air mass?
100
This is any type of meeting between two air masses.
What is a front?
100
This part of a weather indicator shows cloud cover.
What does the circle show?
100
You should do this in any storm
What is find shelter?
200
This is a storm with lots of lightning and thunder in it.
What is a thunderstorm?
200
This is a line connecting places with the same atmospheric pressure.
What is an isobar?
200
This occurs when a cold air mass catches up with a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
200
This shows the direction of the wind.
What is the stick?
200
You should do this especially in a thunderstorm
What is avoid high points and electrically conductive substances?
300
This is another word for "snowstorm".
What is a blizzard?
300
This is the scientific term for "weather predictor".
What is a meteorologist?
300
This is a warm air mass catching up with a cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
300
The number on the left side of the circle shows this.
What is temperature?
300
You do this in a tornado
What is go into a basement/storm shelter?
400
This is a type of storm with snow and high winds.
What is a snowstorm?
400
This is an area of air rotating clockwise (in N. Hemisphere) around a center of high pressure.
What is an anticyclone?
400
This occurs when two fronts meet head-on and can't move each other.
What is a stationary front?
400
The number on the right side of the circle shows this
What is air pressure?
400
You should do this in a snowstorm to avoid getting turned into a Popsicle
What is find shelter from the wind?
500
This is a violently spinning funnel of wind touching the ground from a cloud.
What is a tornado?
500
This is an electric discharge from a cloud.
What is lightning?
500
This is a warm air mass caught between two cold air masses.
What is an occluded front?
500
These things at the end of the stick indicating wind direction shows this
What is wind speed?
500
You should do this in a hurricane
What is evacuating?
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