Clouds
Precipitation
Fronts
Air Pressure and Weather
Strong Weather
100
A _________ is a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air.
What are clouds.
100
____________ is water, in solid or liquid form, that falls from the air to earth.
What is precipitation?
100
A ____________ forms where cold air moves under warm air which is less dense and it pushes the air up.
What is a cold front?
100
Areas that have ________________ than the surrounding areas do are called cyclones.
What is lower pressure?
100
_____________________ can produce one or more of he following conditions: high winds, hail, flash floods, and tornadoes.
What is a severe thunderstorm?
200
__________ are clouds that tend to have flat bottoms.
What are cumulus clouds?
200
________ is the most common form of precipitation.
What is rain?
200
_________ form where warm air moves over cold, denser air.
What is a a warm front?
200
_________ are when air masses come together.
What is a cyclone?
200
A _____________ is a small spinning column of air.
What is a tornado?
300
_________ clouds form layers.
What are stratus clouds?
300
______ forms when when rain falls through a layer of freezing air.
What is sleet?
300
_____________ form when a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses.
What is an occluded front?
300
Areas that have high air pressures are called _________.
What is a anticyclone?
300
__________ are the most powerful storms on earth.
What is a hurricane?
400
________ clouds are thin, feathery, white clouds at high altitudes.
What are cirrus clouds?
400
_______ forms in cumulus clouds.
What is hail?
400
____________ form when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass.
What is a stationary front?
400
Anticyclones are where ____ moves apart, diverges, and sinks.
What is air?
400
A large ___________________ that has wind speeds of at LEast 120 mph.
What is a tropical weather system?
500
_____ is a stratus cloud that forms near the ground.
What is fog?
500
As hail falls, _________ drops coat it.
What is water?
500
These two air masses remain __________.
What is separation?
500
____________ are small, intense weather systems that produce strong winds.
What is a thunderstorm?
500
Hurricanes usually happen ____________
What is a tropical area?
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