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Fronts
Seasons
Hurricanes
Climate Regions
Thunderstorms
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What are the four types of fronts?
What is cold front, warm front, stationary front, and occluded front.
100
The seasons are caused by the ________ as Earth travles around the sun?
What is tilt of Earths axis.
100
Where does a hurricane begin?
What is warm ocean water.
100
What two major factors do scientists use to classify climates?
What is temperature and precipitation.
100
What are thunderstorms accompanied by?
What is heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lighting.
200
In a warm front is the cold air mass fast or slow?
What is slow.
200
The seasons change as the _______ each hemisphere receives from the sun changes.
What is amount of energy.
200
What are hurricanes called in the western pacific ocean?
What is typhoon.
200
Deserts are in this climate region.
What is arid.
200
Thunderstorms form in large thunderheads also known as...
What is cumulonimbus clouds.
300
What is it called when two air masses face each other like in a stationary front?
What is a stand off.
300
In what months does the northern hemisphere face the sun?
What is April, May, June, July, August, and September.
300
A typical hurricane is how many kilometers wide?
What is six hundred.
300
This climate region has short summers and long winters.
What is tundra.
300
Thunderstorms form when ______ air rises rapidly within cumulonimbus cloud.
What is warm and humid.
400
What type of weather is followed by a cold front?
What is clear skies and low temperatures.
400
What angle does the Earth lean at?
What is 23.5*
400
How long do hurricanes usually last for?
What is one week.
400
This climate region has an average temperature of 10*C in the warmest months.
What is temperate continental.
400
What should you avoid during a thunderstorm?
What is metal objects and bodies of water.
500
How many air masses are needed for an occluded front?
What is three.
500
In what months do neither ends of Earths axis tilt towards the sun?
What is March and September.
500
What is the center of a hurricane called?
What is eye.
500
What are all of the temperate marine climate regions?
What is marine west coast, mediterranean, humid subtropical.
500
A ________ forms when lighting strikes sand or sandy soil.
What is fulgurite.