Air Masses
Most weather is determined by the location and movement of these
What are Air Masses
The loud sound caused by rapidly expanding and contracting air in a thunderstorm.
What is thunder?
A spiraling cloud that does not touch the ground is called this
What is a funnel cloud?
A _______________ front generally moves
more quickly than a _______________ front.
What is "cold" and "warm"?
These were the leaders on both sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Who were Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and General Custer?
When two air masses meet, they form this.
What is a Weather front
God provides a way to return nitrogen to the soil through this
What is lightning?
Hurricanes lose power when this happens.
What is 'they move over land or cool water'?
Jet streams play a role in the formation of this.
What are tornadoes?
This was the side that won the Battle of Little Big Horn.
What is the Indian side?
This weather phenomenon keeps temperatures more even on the earth.
What is wind?
About the highest altitude that thunderstorms can reach is _________________.
What is around 60,000 feet?
A tropical cyclone that begins in the Northwest Pacific Ocean is called this.
What is a typhoon.
Because of the jet stream it is often faster to fly from __________________ to
__________________.
What is 'west' to 'east'?
Treaties were broken between the Indians and Americans because of these things.
Because railroads were built and towns were growing up through Indian territory.
An air mass has these three uniform things.
What are temperature, humidity and air pressure?
When the wind blows from the sea to the land it is called this.
What is a sea breeze?
Weather satellites allow scientists to view all of a __________________ at one time.
What is 'a hurricane'?
This kind of radar is used to determine the speed and direction that a storm is moving.
What is Doppler?
This is why Custer was with just a small group of his men.
Why is because he split up his men took off with them.
A warm front usually moves from _______ to ________.
What is 'west' to 'east'?
Winds that blow straight up consistently are called this.
What are doldrums?
This was a portable weather station placed in the path of a tornado.
What is Toto?
This is a portable weather station dropped into a hurricane.
What is Dropsonde?
This is how most Americans reacted after they heard about the battle.
They hated the Indians more than before and agreed with whatever the government said should be done to them. They believed that the Indians were blood-thirsty savages, just like many were saying in the newspapers. They didn't bother to investigate what might have really happened. ... just like people today.