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Weather review for 6th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the ingredients of a tornado? | Cool/Dry, Warm/Moist, Variable Winds, Low Pressure |
| Number of seasons in a temperate zone | Four seasons |
| Only two seasons in the climate zone (rainy and dry) | Tropical |
| Thin, wispy clouds | Cirrus |
| Blanket like clouds that can bring light rain | Stratus |
| Storm clouds | Nimbus |
| Puffy, cotton like clouds | Cumulus |
| Pushes clouds away and usually means sunny skies | High Pressure |
| Pulls air in from many directions and typically brings precipitation | Low Pressure |
| Forms over warm water with low pressure and high humidity | hurricanes |
| A mass of warm air | Warm Front |
| A mass of cool air | Cold Front |
| This type of air mass has more density | Cold Air |
| Pressure is measured with this | Barometer |
| If the pressure dropped suddenly you might expect this | Precipitation |
| Process in water cycle when gas turns to liquid | condensation |
| Water cycle process when liquid turns to gas | evaporation |
| Part of the atmosphere with weather | Troposhere |
| Part of atmosphere with the Ozone Layer | Stratosphere |
| What gas makes up the majority of our atmosphere | Nitrogen |
| Warm fronts use this symbol | Red lines with rounded bumps |
| Cold fronts use this symbol | Blue lines with triangles on them |