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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the four basic terms to describe an air mass. | Warm, cold, moist, dry. |
| What are the four scientific terms to describe an air mass. | Tropical, polar, maritime, continental. |
| An air mass that forms over Alaska can be described as... (scientific terms) | Continental polal. |
| An air mass that forms over Alaska can be described as... (basic terms) | Cold and dry. |
| An air mass that forms over the Gulf of Mexico can be described as... (scientific terms) | Maritime tropical. |
| An air mass that forms over Gulf of Mexico can be described as... (basic terms) | Warm and moist. |
| An air mass that forms over the Artic Ocean can be described as... (scientific terms) | Maritime polar. |
| An air mass that forms over the Artic Ocean can be described as... (basic terms) | Cold and moist. |
| An air mass that forms over Flordia can be described as... (scientific terms) | Continental tropical. |
| An air mass that forms over Flordia can be described as... (basic terms) | Warm and dry. |
| How does a cold front form? | A cold air mass pushed under a warm air mass. This pushed the warm air mass upward quickly. This can result in fast moving violent weather. |
| How does a warm front form? | A warm air mass slowly pushes up and over a cold air mass. This can resuly in slow showers lasting for a long time. |
| What type of storm forms over the ocean? | Hurricane. |
| What is the difference between a hurricane and tornado? | Hurrican forms over the ocean, it lasts for several days or weeks, and is slower moving than a tornado. A tornado forms over land, contains the fastest wind speeds on earth, and only lasts a matter of minutes. Both are violent and distructive. |
| Warm air masses form near that what? | Equator- in the tropics. |
| Where do cold air masses form? | In the poles- North Pole and South Pole. |
| Where do dry air masses form? | Over land. |
| Where do moist air masses form? | Over water. |
| What do cumulus clouds look like? | Big puffy white clouds that form at any altitude. Also called fair weather clouds. |
| What do stratus clouds look like? | Form wide sheets across the sky. Can have a light drizzle. |
| What to cirrus clouds look like? | Thin, wispy, and made mostly of ice. |
| Thunderstorm clouds are called? | Cumulonimbus clouds. |
| Rain storm clouds are called? | Nimbostratus clouds. |
| What does the Latin word "nimbus" mean? | Rain |
| What are the three main cloud types? | Cirrus, stratus, cumulus. |
| Wonditions similar to a thunderstorm will cause what type of storm when temperature are close to freezing? | Blizzard |
| What is precipatation? | Water that falls back to earth in various forms. |
| What are 5 examples of precipatation? | Rain, dew, snow, sleet, hail. |
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Miss Lang
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