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Air Masses
Fronts
Storms
Weather Forecast
Toss Up
100
A warm air mass is called this
What is Tropical
100
The boundary where two air masses meet
What is A Front
100
A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning.
What is Thunderstorm
100
Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it
What is Meteorologists
100
A rotating funnel-shaped cumulonimbus cloud with high winds that extends to the Earth's surface.
What is Tornado
200
A cool air mass is called this
What is Polar
200
A fast-moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass.
What is Cold Front
200
A sudden spark, or electrical discharge during a storm
What is Lightning
200
These carry instruments high into the atmosphere to measure temperature, air pressure, and humidity.
What is Weather Balloons
200
This begins over warm ocean water as a low-pressure are or tropical disturbance.
What is Hurricane
300
A dry air mass that is formed over land is called this
What is Continental
300
Cold and warm air masses meet, but neither can move the other.
What is Stationary Front
300
Thunderstorms and tornadoes occur in this type of cloud
What is Cumulonimbus
300
These orbit the Earth, collecting data, and transmitting images and information back to meteorologists.
What is Weather Satellites
300
High-pressure centers of dry air
What is Anticyclones
400
A moist air mass that is formed over an ocean is called this
What is Maritime
400
A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses.
What is Occluded Front
400
Which occurs first, thunder or lightning?
What is Lightning
400
Lines that join areas with the same temperature
What is Isotherms
400
The amount of moisture or water vapor in the air.
What is Humidity
500
In the U.S., air masses are commonly moved by which these two wind patterns
What is Prevailing Westerlies and Jet Streams
500
A swirling center of low air pressure is called this
What is Cyclone
500
List three states that are part of "tornado alley"
What is Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, or Iowa/Missouri
500
Lines that join areas with the same air pressure
What is Isobars
500
Lake-effect snow occurs around these
What is The Great Lakes