The Front Edge
Everything Cycles
Were not in Kansas
Something random
The Terms
100
What front is associated with the symbol below?
Occluded front
100
When water turns into a gas
Evaporation
100
Hot air _______
Rises
100
The layer of our atmosphere closest to Earth's crust where weather happens is:
Troposphere
100
Which type of air mass brings WARM and DRY weather?
Continental Tropical (CT)
200
What kind of weather can be expected at a warm front? 
Cloudiness and light precipitation; warm and mild weather follows
200
When water turns from a gas (water vapor) back to a liquid it is called:
Condensation
200
Cold air sinks because it is more what?
Dense
200
4. The second layer of our atmosphere (where most of the clouds are) is:
Stratosphere
200
What type of front is this?
Stationary Front
300
What kind of weather can be expected at a stationary front?
many days of rain.
300
When water is not soaked up into the ground and flows into lakes, rivers, streams, or back into the ocean
Runoff
300
What kind of weather can be expected in a high pressure system?
clear skies and sunny
300
When a storm's maximum sustained winds reach 74 mph (miles per hour)
hurricane
300
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
climate
400
Which air mass bring COLD and MOIST air?
Maritime Polar (mP)
400
When water seeps through the ground through soil and cracks in the rocks.
Infiltration
400
What type of cloud is this?
Cumulus
400
What type of weather does this bring?
Cloudy, raining and warm weather
400
When a fast moving cold air mass pushes into a slower moving warm air mass, and pushes the warm air up, we may experience severe storms and we will have cooler weather. What type of front is this?
Cold Front
500
When two different air masses collide...
a front forms
500
Long period of unusually dry weather
drought
500
A cone-shaped cloud which extends from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud towards the ground WITHOUT actually reaching the surface.
A Funnel cloud
500
This person was the first women to study clouds and her research on "Hot Towers" helped meteorologist figure out how clouds formed
Dr. Joanne Simpson
500
What type of cloud is this? 
Cumulonimbus