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Thunderstorms
Tornado
Hurricanes
Winter
Storms
Air Masses and Fronts
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What are the two main characteristics of a thunderstorm?
Thunder and Lightning
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What is a tornado?
Whirling winds sometimes visible as a funnel cloud
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Where do Hurricanes develop?
Over the ocean near the equator!
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When do winter storms usually occur?
Winter (we have a problem if you missed this!!!!)
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What is a front?
The boundary of an air mass
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How is a thunderstorm formed?
Warm humid air rises and turns Cumulus clouds into Cumulonimbus clouds.
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Compared to a hurricane, how large is a tornado?
Small, tornadoes can only grow to a mile wide.
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What is the center of a hurricane called?
The eye!
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What kind of front creates a winter storm?
Maritime Polar
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What is an air mass?
Large amount of air that has similar temperature and moisture
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What are some safety procedures you should follow for a severe thunderstorm?
Answers vary
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Tornadoes develop from what?
Severe Thunderstorms!!
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What parts of the country do hurricanes effect?
Cities on the east coast, and Gulf of Mexico.
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What kind of pressure system do winter storms come from?
Low pressure
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What are the 4 types of air masses?
Maritime Polar Maritime Tropical Continental Polar Continental Tropical
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What do you call a very strong thunderstorm that can possibly develop a tornado?
Severe Thunderstorm!!!
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Where is tornado alley?
Midwest: Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas
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Which way do hurricanes spin?
Clockwise!
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What are the 3 maincharacteristics of a winter storm?
Cold temperatures, wind, frozen precipitation
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What is the difference between a polar and a tropical air mass?
Polar is cold, tropical is hot
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What type of fronts can thunderstorm develop from? Which one is MOST LIKLEY?
Stationary fronts, Occluded fronts, Cold fronts and Warm fronts. Occluded fronts are most likely!!!
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What is the scale that scientists use to rate tornadoes?
Fujita Scale!!!
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What are these storms called that form in the southern hemisphere?
Typhoons!
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What color on the radar would a winter storm be?
Mostly blue to show the snow
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What kind of air mass would be cold and dry?
Continental Polar