Forms over Northern Canada,brings winter weather to the United States
What is continental polar
100
When a warm air mass is caught in between 2 colder air masses
What is Occluded Front
100
Prevailing winds that blow east from west from 30 degrees latitude to the equator in both hemispheres
What is Trade winds
100
What types of clouds are made of ice crystals
What is Cirrus
100
The safest thing to do if you are caught outside during a tornado is to... A. Stay near buildings and roads B.head for an open area C. Seek shelter near a large tree D. None of the above
D. None of the above
200
Forms over warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico,brings hot and humid weather in the summer
What is Maritime polar
200
Forms when cold air moves over worm air,which is less dense, and pushes up the warm air up.
What is Cold Front
200
Prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 30 degrees to 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres
What is Westerlies
200
Which of the following are the lowest clouds: Cirrostratus, Alto stratus, or Stratus
What is Stratus
200
What measures and indicates temperature
What is thermometer
300
Forms over the deserts of Northern Mexico. Brings clear,dry, and hot weather in the summer
What is Continental polar
300
Forms when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass,both air masses do not have enough force to lift the warm air mass over the cold air mass.
What is Stationary Front
300
What causes winds
Air flowing from high pressure to low pressure
300
Which of the following is a high cloud: Cirrus, Alto cumulus or stratus
What is Cirrus
300
A __ forms when a funnel cloud pokes through the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud and makes contact with the ground.
What is Tornado
400
Forms over the north pacific ocean. Brings rain and snow to the pacific coast during the winter and cool foggy weather during the summer
What is Maritime polar
400
Forms when warm air moves over cold air,denser air
What is Warm air
400
A narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere.
What is Jet stream
400
What is altitude?
The height of an object or point in relation of sea level and ground level
400
What are 4 types of precipitation?
What is Rain,Snow,Sleet and Hail
500
A large body of air where temperatures and moisture content and constant trough out
What is Air mass
500
The boundary between 2 air masses
What is Fronts
500
The apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the Earth's rotation
What is Coriolis effect
500
How are Cumulus clouds formed?
They form when warm air rises.
500
Thunderstorms are very electrically and often cause _________