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Science mrs.lewis
Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a tornado | It's a dark funnel that can destroy homes |
| What is a hurricane | It's related to a tornado only worse |
| What are other words for tornado | Twister,funnel cloud |
| What are other words for hurricane | Cyclone, typhoon, |
| Does a tornado have a low or high pressure system | Low |
| Does a hurricane have a low or high pressure system | Low |
| Does the tornadoes winds spin counter clockwise or clockwise | Counter clockwise |
| Does the hurricanes winds spin counter clockwise or clockwise | Counter clockwise |
| When does a tornado form | Spring- summer |
| When does a hurricane form | June-November |
| Where does a tornado form | Land |
| Where does a hurricane form | Water |
| How does a tornado form | When cold air meets warm air |
| How does a hurricane form | Scientists don't know |
| What causes tornadoes to stop | Unknown by scientists |
| What cause a hurricane to stop | When it hits land |
| What are some areas affected by tornadoes | Tornado alley |
| What is the name of the scale used to measure the intensity of the storm | The Fujita scale |
| What is the strongest category of tornadoes | F5 |
| What is the strongest category for hurricanes | Category 5 |
| What is the stage of development for hurricanes | Low pressure system Tropical depression Tropical storm Category hurricane |
| What is a storm surge | Water level rise caused by the hurricanes winds |
| As a hurricane comes ashore and moves over land, it gets | weaker because it can no longer draw energy from warm, tropical waters. |
| High winds and heavy rainfall are caused by what? | Cold air mass that's colliding with a moist, warm air mass. |
| Maritime Tropical air masses generally bring what? | Warm, moist air. |
| A severe storm with a rating of F3 on the Fujita Scale would be known as a what? | Tornado |
| Which two air masses would most likely impact the formation of tornadoes in "Tornado Alley?" | Maritime Tropical and Continental Polar |
| One difference between areas of high-pressure and areas of low-pressure is what? | The type of weather each brings. |
| In the Northern Hemisphere, winds in a low-pressure system always spin in what direction? | Counterclockwise |
| Most hurricanes travel from where to where? | East towards west |
| What kind of weather usually occurs at the boundary of two unequal air masses? | Cloudy |
| A large body of air with similar temperature and humidity levels is called what? | A front |
| Where will you find the strongest winds in a hurricane? | The eye wall surrounding the eye. |
| When two cooler air masses lift and cut off from Earth's surface a warmer air mass, what kind of front is formed? | Occluded |
| Which air mass most impacts weather in South Carolina? | Maritime Tropical |
| In what part of the world would you find hurricanes most likely to form? | In the tropics |
| The boundary between two air masses with different temperatures or humidity is called what? | A front |
| What do hurricanes and tornadoes have in common? | Both are low-pressure systems. |
| A violent, whirling funnel of air that moves in a narrow path over land is a what? | tornado |
| What weather event is represented on maps using a line of alternating blue triangles and red semi-circles? | A stationary front |
| Areas of low-pressure generally have that three things? | Rising air, cloudy weather, winds spiraling inward toward the center |
| A longer period of light rain or drizzle usually occurs along what? | A warm front |
| A tropical storm with winds of 74 mph or greater is called what? | hurricane |
| The "eye" of the hurricane is what? | calm |
| A large body of air that has the same properties as the area over which it formed is called what? | Air mass |
| Rainy weather is usually associated with what type of pressure system? | low |
| A boundary between two different air masses is called what? | Front |
| What type of front forms when a warmer air mass advances and slides over a cooler air mass? | Warm |
| When two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to advance, or move, what type of front is formed? | Stationary |
| A continental polar air mass would bring what kind of air? | Cold and dry |
| What air mass most affects weather in South Carolina? | Maritime Tropical |
| What weather would be expected if a warm front is passing through your area? | Longer period of light rain or drizzle |
| What weather event is represented on maps as a blue line with triangles? | Cold front |
| What weather event is represented on maps with a blue capital H? | High-pressure system |
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