Air Masses
Fronts
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Tornado Awareness
100
A large body of air that gas the same properties as the surface of the earth over which it develops, the same density and same moisture content
What is an an air mass?
100
This is the boundary between two air masses
What is a front?
100
When is the Atlantic hurricane season
What is June 1 through November 30?
100
This country has the greatest number of tornadoes in the world.
What is the United States?
100
What should you do if a tornado is approaching and your are in your car?
What is get out of your car and inside a sturdy house or building. Do not try to outrun the tornado in a car because tornadoes can pick up a car and throw it through the air
200
In the mini lab, the blue ice represented
What is a cold?
200
Explain why this is a stationary front.
What is a pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
200
Hurricanes originating in the northern hemisphere rotate or spin (blank) , and those in the southern hemisphere rotate or spin (blank) .
What are counterclockwise and clockwise?
200
What are tornadoes that form over warm water called?
What are waterspouts?
200
What are rotating columns of air not in contact with the ground called?
What are funnel clouds?
300
In the mini lab, the red water represented
What is a warm front?
300
In this type of front a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and the position of the front does not move
What is a stationary front?
300
This scale is used to measure the strength of hurricanes
What is the Saffir-Simpson Scale?
300
Complete this statement. Most tornadoes occur between (blank) – but tornadoes can occur at any time of day or night!
What are 3 and 9 PM?
300
Tornadoes are violent windstorms that take the form of a rotating column of air referred to as this
What is a vortex?
400
A large body of air where temperature and moisture content are consistent throughout
What is an air mass?
400
This type of front is produced when a warm air mass is trapped between two cooler air mass
What is an occluded front?
400
Complete this statement. Hurricanes form over , when the winds are equal to or exceed .
What is warm water or warm ocean , 74 mph?
400
Complete this statement. EF-0 tornadoes have winds of (blank) mph and cause minor damage.
What is 65 to 85?
400
Most tornadoes form in combination with this other type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
500
An area over which an air mass gets its characteristic properties of temperature and moisture
What is source region?
500
These symbols represent what types of fronts?
What are:
1. cold front
2. warm front
3. occluded front
4. stationary front
500
List and define the parts of a hurricane
What are the
- Eye : center, calm part
- Eye wall: around the eye, strongest winds and rains
- Rain bands: Clouds that spin out and make the storm bigger
500
Complete this statement. Tornadoes that cause massive damage are classified as (blank) and have winds of (blank).
What is EF-5 and winds greater than 200 mph
500
True or False and Why or Why Not : Windows should be opened before a tornado approaches to equalize pressure and minimize damage
What is False because opening windows allows damaging winds to enter the structure. Leave windows alone; instead, go immediately to a safe place.?