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Winds
storms
weather instruments
weather symbols
fronts
100
Differences in pressure
What creates winds?
100
Spring
When do thunderstorms/tornadoes most often occur?
100
thermometer
What do we use to measure temperature?
100
a big blue H
Describe the high pressure system?
100
A front is a boundary between two different masses.
What is a front?
200
Warm winds that blow back towards the equator.
What are trade winds?
200
Land/Water
Where do thunderstorms most often occur.
200
rain guage
What what do we use to measure the amount of rain?
200
big red L
Describe the low pressure symbol.
200
boundary between two air masses one cold, one warm, moving so the cold air replaces the warm air.
What is a cold front?
300
Large body of air whose properties of temperature and moisture are similar in any horizontal direction.
What is an air mass?
300
Wind damage.
Name an effect of a tornado.
300
Barometer
What do we use to measure air pressure?
300
The warm front symbol is curved and red.
Is the warm front symbol curved or pointed?
300
boundary between two masses one cold, one warm, warm replaces cold one.
What is a warm front?
400
The temperature your body feels when the air temperature is combined with the wind speed.
What is chill index?
400
300MPH
What is the average wind speed of a tornado?
400
wind sock
What do we use to measure wind direction?
400
The cold front symbol is pointed and blue.
Is the cold front symbol pointed or curved?
400
stormy weather.
What is the result of a front?
500
The higher the wind speed, the faster exposed areas are of your body lose heat and the cooler you feel.
Why do we feel colder if the wind speed is greater?
500
480km
What is the average diameter of a hurricane?
500
hydrometer
What do we use to measure the amount of water in air/humidity?
500
Red/blue Curved/pointed
What is the weather symbol for a stationary front?
500
Boundary between two air masses that more or less dont move,but some can wobble for several hundred miles.
What is a stationary front?