THE ATMOSPHERE
FRONTS
AIR MASSES
WEATHER TOOLS
SEVERE STORMS
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The layer of the atmosphere where you live and where all weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
100
When a warm air mass runs into a cold air mass I am formed.
What is a warm front?
100
An air mass that is warm is known to be called.
What is tropical?
100
I measre the temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer?
100
A storm that forms along a cold front with heavy rain and lightning.
What is a severe thunder storm?
200
The layer of the atmosphere where the air becomes thick enough for friction to burn up meteors.
What is the mesosphere?
200
I am the type of front responsible for most severe storms.
What is a cold front?
200
An air mass that is dry because it forms over land is known as.
What is continental?
200
I measure precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
200
An intense wind storm that forms from a severe thunderstorm. Winds can reach 300 MPH.
What is a tornado?
300
The Earth's outermost layer where it is very hot and the air is very thin.
What is The Thermosphere?
300
The movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
What is wind?
300
A polar maritime air mass has just moved into Kingston. Since its polar and maritime the air will be.
What is Cold and Moist
300
I measure the pressure of the air.
What is a barometer?
300
Before it turns into a hurricane, this type of storm forms over warm tropical waters.
What is a tropical storm?
400
The layer of the atmosphere where ozone is present.
What is the stratosphere?
400
The boundary between 2 air masses or where 2 air masses collide.
What is a front?
400
A change in this will likely mean a change in the weather.
What is air pressure?
400
I carry weather tools high into the troposphere to take measurements of weather data.
What is a weather balloon?
400
When a hurricane forms over an ocean meteorologists can tell exactly when it will hit land. This weather prediction is also known as this.
What is a forecast?
500
I am the force that keeps the atmosphere in place around the Earth.
What is gravity?
500
When a warm air mass is pushed between 2 cold air masses moving in the same direction this type of front is formed.
What is an occluded front?
500
I am the 3 characteristics that all air has.
What is temperature, humidity and air pressure?
500
I am a collection of symbols that tells you the weather at a particular weather station.
What is station model?
500
I am the part of the country where most tornadoes hit. Also, the 2 most important safety precautions when a tornado warning occurs in your neighborhood.
What is tornado alley. What is stay indoors in a basement or innermost room or hide in a ditch.
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