Fronts
Cloud Types
Natural Hazards
Weather
Precipitation
100
The beginning of a warm body of air.
What is a warm front?
100
Big fluffy balls below 6000 ft.
What is Cumulus?
100
High winds, moving in a funneled pattern.
What is a tornado?
100
Simple precipitation.
What is rain?
100
Droplets of liquid water?
What is rain?
200
The beginning of a cold body of air.
What is a cold front?
200
Below 6,000 ft, if they get too low they cause mist or fog.
What is stratus?
200
A large wave heading on to land.
What is a Tsunami?
200
Large spikes of light, reaching from the clouds to the surface of the earth.
What is lightning?
200
Small, frozen ice crystals.
What is snow?
300
When two fronts meet but don't mix.
What is a stationary front?
300
Highest, cotton ball like clouds.
What is Cirrostratus?
300
A huge body of circularly moving winds. Usually has an eye, or calm spot, in the middle of it.
What is hurricane?
300
The temperature in Antarctica.
What is cold?
300
Large, solid ice crystals.
What is hail?
400
When a cold front overtakes a warm front.
What is an occluded front?
400
Wispy clouds.
What is Cirrus?
400
The moving of a fault line.
What is an earthquake?
400
Long term weather patterns on a specific area.
What is climate?
400
It's raining cats and dogs.
What is a large rainstorm?
500
What type of front is over Michigan?
What is a cold front?
500
Clouds that cover the entire sky.
What is Altostratus?
500
Storm clouds expelling energy in the form of sound waves.
What is a thunder storm?
500
Weather that changes usually on a daily or weekly basis.
What is short term weather?
500
Define precipitation.
What are different states of water falling from clouds?
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