Weather
Air Masses
Weather Maps
Storms
Review
100
What is weather?
Day-To-Day Conditions Of A Particular Area.
100
An immense body of air characterized by similar properties at any given altitude is known as an?
Air Mass
100
On a weather map, which type of front is shown by a line with triangular points on one side?
cold
100
what is the first stage of a thunderstorm?
cumulus stage
100
what causes a hurricane to lose energy when it moves onto land?
both a and b
200
What is a another name for a tornado?
Cyclone
200
Which type of air mass originates in northern canada?
cP
200
on a weather map, which type of front is shown by a line with semicircles extending from one side?
warm
200
the greatest number of thunderstorms occur in?
tropics
200
an ______ front is shown at the point labeled B
Warm front
300
Are the most powerful storms on Earth?
Hurricanes
300
which two properties characterize an air mass?
temperature & moisture
300
what type of front forms when the surface position of the front does not move?
stationary
300
rotating column of air is called an?
vortex
300
an __________ air mass would most likely be found at the point labeled C an _______ air mass would be found at the point labeled G
Maratine Tropical & Continental Polar
400
Hurricanes form in tropical waters between the latitudes of?
5 and 20 degrees
400
A cold, dry air mass that moves over warm, tropical waters will likely become.
warmer & wetter.
400
In which type of front is the flow of air on both sides of the front almost parallel to the line of the front
both warm front and cold front
400
Tornadoes are most frequent from?
April to June
400
Maritime air masses form
over water
500
Typhoon is another name for?
Hurricanes
500
A cT air mass is?
hot and dry
500
when an active cold front overtakes a warm front?
an occluded front forms
500
Hurricanes are classified according to intensity using the?
Saffir-Simpson scale
500
An mT air mass is best described as
warm and wet
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