Forms over Northern Canada, brings winter weather to the United States.
What is continental polar.
100
When a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses.
What is Occluded Front.
100
Prevailing winds that blow east to west from 30 degrees latitude to the equator in both hemispheres
What is Trade Winds
100
What type of cloud is made up of ice crystals?
What is Cirrus.
100
The safest thing to do if you are caught outside during a tornado is to..
A. Stay near buildings and roads
B. Head for a ope area
C. Seek shelter near a large tree
D. None of the above
D. None of the above
200
Forms over warm waters in the Gulf Of Mexico, brings hot and humid weather in the summer.
What is Maritime Tropical.
200
Forms where cold air moves over warm air, which is less dense, and pushes the warm air up.
What is Cold Front.
200
Prevailing winds that blow west to east between 30 degrees to 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres.
What is Westerlies.
200
Which of the following are the lowest clouds: Cirrostratus, Altostratus, or Stratus
What is Stratus.
200
What measures and indicates temperature?
What is thermometer
300
Forms over the deserts of Northern Mexico. Brings clear,dry, and hot weather in the summer.
What is Continental Tropical.
300
Forms when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass, both air masses do not have enough force to lift the warm air mass over the cold air mass.
What is Stationary Front.
300
What causes winds?
Air flowing from high pressure to low pressure.
300
Which of the following is a high cloud: Cirrus, Altocumulus or Stratus
What is Cirrus.
300
A ___ forms when a funnel cloud pokes through the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud and makes contact with the ground.
What is tornado.
400
Forms over the north pacific ocean. Brings rain and snow to the pacific coast during the winter and cool foggy weather during the summer.
What is Maritime Polar.
400
Forms where warm air moves over cold, denser air.
What is Warm Front.
400
A narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere.
What is Jet stream.
400
What is altitude?
The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
400
What are four types of precipitation?
What is Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail.
500
A large body of air where temperature and moisture content and constant throughout.
What is Air Mass.
500
The boundary between two air masses.
What is Fronts
500
The apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the Earth's rotation.
What is the Coriolis Effect.
500
How is a Cumulus cloud formed?
They form when warm air rises.
500
Thunderstorms are very electrically and often cause___.