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How does air move?
What are air masses?
What causes severe weather?
How are weather forecasts made?
100
The cause of air pressure.
What is gravity?
100
Polar air mass contains what kind of air?
What is cold, dry air?
100
How long do tornadoes last?
What is minutes?
100
Used to track tornadoes
What is the Doppler radar?
200
The place on earth that the sun's ray's of light shine in a direct angle.
What is the equator?
200
Warmer air moves against cooler air. The warmer air rises above the cooler air.
What is a warm front?
200
Which storm has faster wind speeds? (tornado or hurricane)
What is a tornado?
200
Symbols used on a map that include a line and triangles. (show picture)
What is a cold front?
300
What part of Earth is not hit by the sun most of the time?
What are the poles?
300
Cooler air moves in, it forces warmer air to move quickly. Heavy precipitation may occur.
What is a cold front?
300
Hurricane's energy comes from...
What is warm ocean water?
300
A device that shows air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
True/False: Air pressure increases with height.
What is false?
400
What happens when warm air is surrounded by cold air?
What is warm air rises?
400
A natural resource that has a large effect on the weather
What is the ocean?
400
An instrument that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500
Since the Earth is not heated evenly, the temperature differences cause what kind of current?
What is convection current?
500
Is cool air heavier than warm air? Why?
What is yes? Because cool air is heavier than warm air. Gas particles in cool air are closer than warm air.
500
Layers of wind in a story must blow at different speeds or in different directions.
What is a tornado?
500
Name 4 tools that weather forecasters use.
What is barometer, hygrometer, anemometer, rain guage, radar, weather stations, weather balloons, satellites, computers.