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How Air Moves
What are Air Masses
What Causes Severe Weather?
How are weather forecasts made?
Vocabulary
100
Level of atmosphere where weather occurs.....
What is troposphere
100
cold, moist, the Poles
What is Maritime Polar Air
100
strong, quickly rising currents of moist air.....
What is the first stage of a thunderstorm
100
Measures how much rain has fallen
What is rain gauge
100
"H" and "L" on a weather map
What is High and Low air pressure
200
Highest level in the atmosphere....
What is exosphere
200
cold, fairly dry, the Poles
What is Continental Polar Air
200
board up windows, store food and water, flashlights
What is how to prepare for a hurricane
200
Measures air pressure
What is barometer
200
The average of weather conditions over a long time
What is climate
300
What happens to air pressure as you move up the atmosphere?
What is decrease
300
desert, hot fairly dry
What is Continental Tropical Air
300
Hurricanes last for _____________, tornadoes last for ____________
What is days/minutes
300
Measures the winds and precipitation in a storm
What is radar
300
The conditions in one single place at one single time
What is weather
400
Fraction of air that is nitrogen.....
What is 8/10
400
humid, moist, rainforest, warm
What is Maritime Tropical Air
400
Hurricanes get their energy from......
What is warm ocean water
400
Measures the moisture in the air
What is Hygrometer
400
large body of air with similar properties of temperature and amount of water vapor
What is air mass
500
Different air temperatures over land and water cuse the formation of......
What is convection currents
500
What causes precipitation at fronts?
What is rising warm air
500
air spins like a log, upward winds lift one end, downward winds blow the other side down, spinning column of air
What is a tornado
500
Measures wind speed
What is anemometer
500
boundary between two air masses
What is front