Wind
What is wind?
The air in the atmosphere, caused by the different air pressures.
What is an air mass?
A body of air that has the same temprature and moisture level throughout.
What are tornadoes?
Violent columns of wind that spin very fast.
How wide can hurricanes be?
600 miles wide
Which is heavier: cold air or hot air?
Cold air
What are the 2 cold air masses?
Maritime Polar and Continental Polar.
True or False: tornadoes are bigger than hurricanes?
False
What area s ofthe world can hurricanes be found?
Carribean Sea, off the coast of Africa, and the gulf of Mexico
What creates Wind?
When hot air and cold air meet.
What are the 2 warm air masses?
Maritime Tropical and Continental Tropical.
Where do tornadoes get their energy?
Large Thunderstorms
What do they call hurricanes in the Indian Ocean?
Cyclones
What makes the wind blow faster?
The larger the difference between the pressures.
True or False: Maritime Tropical is a warm and wet climate?
True
How fast can tornadoes travel?
300 mph
What do they call hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean?
Typhoons
Does cold air have a high or low pressure?
A High pressure.
True or False: There are 6 air masses?
False
What is a tornado called before it hits land.
A funnel Cloud
What are hurricanes?
Huge powerful storms that form in the oceans when the water is warm.