Severe Storms
Vocabulary
Fronts
Diagram Question
100
A storm that produces lightning.
Thunderstorm
100
The average weather pattern of a region.
Climate
100
This front often brings brief, heavy storms.
Cold Front
100
The circles in the diagram indicate places of equal air pressure. What are they called?
Isobars
200
A great rise of the sea along a shore.
Storm Surge
200
A boundary between air masses with different temperatures.
Front
200
This Front often brings light, steady rain or snow.
Warm Front
200
How will the weather east of the cold front change in the next few days?
The weather will become cooler East of the cold front because a cold front is traveling towards it.
300
A large, swirling storm with very low pressure at the center.
Hurricane
300
The ability of the atmosphere to let in sunlight but to not let heat escape.
Greenhouse Effect
300
This front occurs when a cold front and a warm front meet.
Occluded Front
300
Name one city that is having cool, rainy weather.
Detroit, New York, and Richmond have cool rainy weather.
400
What causes the wind of a hurricane to move a certain direction.
Coriolis Effect
400
A boundary where warm air moves in over a cold air mass
Warm Front
400
This front brings calm weather.
Stationary Front
400
Name one city that is having warm and dry weather. 
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Miami.
500
A violent whirling storm that moves across the ground in a narrow path.
Tornado
500
An unmoving front where a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet.
Stationary Front
500
An occlusion front can happen in two ways. A ________-front occlusion, the air behind the front is cold. The air ahead of the warm front is cool.
Cold-Front Occlusion
500
In what direction is the wind traveling in Bismarck?
The wind is coming from the West and traveling East in Bismarck.
600
Where do most tornadoes occur?
Midwest and South
600
When Earth’s amount of energy gained balances the energy lost.
Radiative Balance
600
An occlusion front can happen in two ways. A ________-front occlusion, the air behind the incoming cold front is just cool, not cold. The air in front of the warm front, however, might be cold.
Warm-Front Occlusion
600
How can you use weather maps to predict weather?
They show where fronts are located. This helps predict likely weather because areas ahead of fronts are likely to experience weather changes.