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Air Masses
Fronts
Severe Weather
Collecting Data
This and That
100
A large volume of in which temperature and humidity are nearly the same in different locations at the same altitude.
What is an air mass
100
The boundary between air masses
What is a front.
100
A hurricane forms.......
What is over warm water
100
One who studies weather.
What is meteorologist
100
The type of weather a low pressure system brings
What is stormy
200
The two things that define an air mass
What is temperature and moisture
200
When a warm air mass pushes a cold air mass.
What is warm front.
200
A storm surge causes _______________
What is flooding
200
A line that connects places that have the same air pressure
What is an isobar
200
The most common type of tornado on a scale of F0-F5
What is F0
300
An air mass that is dry forms over __________ and the first word in its name is ______________
What is land and continental
300
The type of clouds that would form at a cold front.
What is tall or cumulonimbus
300
A storm surge occurs
What is ahead of a hurricane
300
Measures weather data on land for a specific area
What is a ground station
300
An air mass that is moist and cold.
What is mP/maritime polar
400
Describe and air mass that formed over the ocean near the the equator. What is its name.
What is moist and warm. Maritime tropical
400
The type of clouds that would form at a warm front.
What is flat or stratus
400
When moist air rises this you have the making of a ______________________
What is thunderstorm
400
collects weather data along the path that it follows (2)
What is airplanes, ships, or weather balloons
400
The tool most useful in studying cloud cover.
What is satellite images from infrared radiation
500
Why do air masses not generally form over the United States.
What is the frequent air disturbances does not all air to stagnate.
500
The front that would likely cause several hours of steady rain to occur.
What is a warm front.
500
Vertical movement of air that begins to rotate
What is tornado
500
Collects weather data over a large area (2)
What is radar and satelites
500
Before a storm becomes a hurricane it is first this type of storm
What is a tropical storm.