Fronts
Natural Disasters
Atmosphere
Weather
Review
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Air moves from a area of ______ to ______ pressure
What is a High to Low
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What is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and forms from a thundercloud

What is tornado

100

What percent of the Earth's Atmosphere is made of nitrogen?

What is 78%?

100

this weather instrument measures wind direction

wind vane 

100

The main source of energy on Earth?

The sun 

200

Brings clear skies and sunshine

What is high pressure

200
What is an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm with very strong winds
What is a hurricane
200
The protective barrier that absorbs 50% of the suns UV rays
What is Ozone layer
200

this weather instrument measures humidity 

What is a hygrometer

200

What type of air mass would bring cold, dry weather?

Continental Polar

300
A warm, usually moist air mass
What is warm front
300
What is a storm with lightning and thunder. Its produced by a cumulonimbus cloud, usually producing gusty winds, heavy rain and sometimes hail.
What is thunderstorm
300

How can pollutants effect weather?

It makes them more severe

300

What type of pressure system creates long steady precipitation

Low Pressure

300

What law states Energy cannot be created nor destroyed

Law of Conservation of Energy 

400
Fast moving cold fronts create what?
What is heavy thunderstorms
400
Which direction does the wind move in a hurricane?
What is counterclockwise direction around the eye
400

This type of severe weather has no precipitation for an extended period of time 

what is a drought?
400

What type of clouds are formed in a low pressure system?

Nimbostratus 

400
heat transferred through liquids and air is called 

Convection

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What is a leading edge of a cooler mass of air, replacing (at ground level) a warmer mass of air
What is cold front
500
What is small bits of ice falling from the sky, without that much melting from a warm front?
What is hail
500

What are the most abundant elements in the atmosphere?

What is nitrogen and oxygen

500

This severe weather has the strongest winds on Earth

Tornado

500

Name 3 greenhouse gases

Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Water Vapor, & Ozone

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