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Weather Measurements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Liquid water that falls from the atmosphere. | rain |
| Rain that falls as liquid but freezes on the surface it falls on. | freezing rain |
| Rain that freeze to ice before striking the ground. | sleet |
| Individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere. | snow |
| Precipitation consisting of solid ice that forms inside thunderstorm updrafts. | hail |
| Precipitation is the product of _____ of atmospheric water vapor, which falls from clouds due to gravity from clouds. | condensation |
| The force with which our atmosphere pushes down on a specific location on Earth is called _____. | air pressure |
| Thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes are considered _____ weather events. | extreme |
| Weather maps give basic information about... | fronts, systems, weather measurements |
| Weather maps are important for _____ the weather. | understanding and predicting |
| Weather maps show useful information about air measurements, observations, and boundaries between_________________. | air masses |
| The transition area where a mass of warm air moves to replace a mass of cold air. | Warm front |
| The transition area where a mass of cold air moves in to replace a mass of warm air. | Cold front |
| What happens when a cold front and a warm front meet up, but neither moves out of the way. | Stationary front |
| What happens when a cold front catches up to a warm front. | Occluded front |
| The curved lines showing areas of equal ________________ and __________________ are key features of weather maps. | air pressure and temperature |
| Most _____________ form from thunderstorms as the wind changes direction and the air begins to rotate. | tornadoes |
| __________________ occur over warm, tropical water and have winds equal to or greater than 74 miles per hour. | Hurricanes |
| Warm, humid conditions are very favorable for _______________ development. A typical _____________ produces a brief period of heavy rain and lasts anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. | thunderstorm |
| _____________ is the sound of lightning. | Thunder |
| You will always see lightning before you heard thunder. Why? | Because light that we see in lightning travels faster than sound waves which is thunder. |
| _________________ creates more ozone. | Lightning |
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