Natural disasters are extreme events caused by environmental factors that can damage/destroy property and/or living things.
What is a natural disaster?
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An air mass is an extremely large body of air whose properties of temperature and moisture content (humidity), at any given altitude, are fairly similar in any horizontal direction.
What is an air mass?
100
False, cold fronts bring lower temperatures, wind, and bad weather.
True or False: Cold fronts bring higher temperatures, wind, and great weather.
100
forms under 6,000 feet but they look like big, fluffy cotton balls and usually mean good weather.
What is a cumulus cloud?
100
A line with either, or both small triangles or/and small bumps on a weather map.
What is front?
200
Yes, Wildfires and blizzards are considered natural disasters.
What is are Wildfires and blizzards are considered natural disasters?
200
Maritime polar
What does mP stand for?
200
True, a cold front is the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass. Cold fronts generally move from northwest to southeast.
True or False: Cold fronts generally move from northwest to southeast.
200
Altocumulus, cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus
What types of clouds can occur above 18,000 ft?
200
A red line with small bumps on a weather map.
What is a warm front?
300
Tornadoes are formed when different temperatures and humanities meet to form thunderclouds.
What creates a tornado?
300
Continental polar
What does cP stand for?
300
False; air masses are large and can cover hundreds of thousands of square miles.
True or False: Air masses are very small and can only cover a few hundred square miles.
300
Cumulus
What type of cloud typically means that there will be fair weather?
300
A blue line with small triangles on a weather map.
What is a cold front?
400
Tornadoes and thunderstorms
What type of weather will occur when a cold front meets a warm front?
400
Cool, moist, and unstable.
What are the conditions of a maritime polar?
400
True, there are two types of occluded fronts:Cold occlusion, warm occlusion
True or false: There are two type of occluded fronts.
400
Altocumulus
On a hot summer day, what type of cloud could mean a thunderstorm later in the day?
400
A purple line with small bumps and triangles.
What is an occluded front?
500
Violent weather usually occurs during spring, when continental polar air clashes with maritime tropical air.
When America has its most violent weather, what time of year is it?
500
Cold, dry, stable
What type of weather comes with a continental polar?
500
True, the highest speed a lightning bolt can travel is up to 136,000mph!
True or False: The highest speed a lightning bolt can travel is up to 136,000mph!
500
A cloud forms by tiny water and dust particles going into the air to conjoin together, to make a visible cloud.
What is cloud formation?
500
Warm fronts generally move from southwest to northeast.
In what direction does a warm front typically move?