Air masses
Fronts
Storms
Weather forecasting
Mixed
100
A dry, warm air mass
Continental tropical
100
A moving warm air mass overtakes a slowly moving cold air mass. What type of front is this ?
Warm front
100
Where is the safest place to be during a tornado?
In the basement
100
Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it
Meteorologist
100
A sudden discharge of electrify in a storm is referred to as what?
lightening
200
A cold and dry air mass
Continental polar
200
A warm air mass is caught between to cooler air masses. What type of front is this ?
Occluded front
200
The center of a hurricane is called what
The eye
200
Lines on a weather map joining places with the same air pressure are called what?
Isobars
200
A high pressure center of dry air is called what?
Anticyclone
300
list the four main types of air masses
maritime tropical, maritime polar, continental tropical, continental polar
300
A rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a slowly moving warm air mass. What type of front is this?
Cold front
300
What should you do if you are stuck in a snow storm?
Seek shelter
300
A rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface
tornado
300
A swirling center of low air pressure is called what?
Cyclone
400
What type of air mass consists of warm, moist air ?
Maritime tropical
400
A cold air mass and a warm air mass meet and remain stalled over an area. What type of front is this ?
Stationary front
400
To move away temporarily during a storm
Evacuate
400
What are some sources of information that meteorologists use to predict the weather?
computers weather maps data
400
Storms that produce the highest winds are
Tornadoes
500
What type of air mass consists of cold, moist air ?
Maritime polar
500
The boundary where two unlike air masses meet is called what ?
A front
500
Hurricanes that strike the East Coast of the United States are most common in what months?
May, June, July
500
Why can't meteorologists accurately forecast the weather a month in advance ?
Because of the butterfly effect
500
In the northern hemisphere in which direction do the winds of a cyclone always spin?
Counterclockwise
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