Air Masses
Water Cycle
Severe weather
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Vocabulary
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What is mT ?
moist/humid and warm
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What is water vapor from the ocean to the atmosphere?
Evaporation
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What type of weather forms over oceans?
hurricanes
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What are the boundaries between two air masses?
fronts
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The atmospheric conditions from season to season is known as......
climate
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What does an arrival of an air mass cause?
a change in weather
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What is Transpiration?
water vapor from plants to the atmosphere
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What is a Blizzard?
cold, snow, wind
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What usually occurs at a front?
precipitation
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The conditions at a specific time is known as.....
weather
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What moves air masses?
wind and upper air currents
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What is Precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
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How can you prepare for a Hurricane?
Stay indoors, having extra supplies of food, water, batteries, and flashlight
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Air masses move ___________ to _____________ across the United States
west to east
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These have lines of equal temperature
isotherms
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What is Maritime?
forms over water
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What is Condensation?
Formation of clouds
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What can be used to track a hurricane?
longitude and latitude
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________ air rises and ___________ air sinks
hot, cool
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These have lines of equal air pressure
isobars
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What is the difference between cT and cP
cT is warm air and cP is cold air
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Draw and label the water cycle.
see pictures
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Is a hurricane more likely to hit Florida or Iowa? Why?
Florida, because it's close to the ocean.
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What type of weather does a High Pressure System bring?
Cool, dry, clear and calm weather
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What weather instrument measures air pressure?
barometer
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