Question | Answer |
What type of air mass has cold, dry air? | continental polar |
What is a funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth's surface called? | a tornado |
What is a good place to seek protection from a tornado? | a basement |
What are lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure called? | isobars |
What type of air mass has hot and dry air? | continental tropical |
What is the area of the Great Plains that includes Texas and Kansas called? | Tornado Alley |
What forms over warm ocean water? | hurricane |
What type of weather is in the "eye" of a hurricane? | calm |
What connects places on a weather map that have the same temperature? | isotherms |
What moves air masses in the U.S.? | prevailing westerlies & jet streams |
What word means to leave an area temporarily? | evacuate |
What is a "dome" of water called that sweeps across the coats where a hurricane lands? | storm surge |
What type of front has fast moving cold air that overtakes warm air? | cold front |
What type of front has a warm air and slightly cooler air meeting that doesn't move? | stationary front |
What is the major difference between cyclones and anticyclones? | the direction of their winds |
What type of weather is associated with anticyclones? | dry and clear |
What forms by cold, dry air blowing over large lakes and then land? | lake-effect snow |
What 2 improvements have helped forecasting the weather? | data gathering and technology |
What scientists study and predict weather? | meteorologists |
What does a red line with half circles on it represent on weather maps? | a warm front |
What type of front has warm air overtaking cold air? | warm front |
Within what type of clouds do thunderstorms form? | cumulonimbus |
What percentage of cloud cover is represented by 3/4 black and 1/4 white on a weather station model? | 75% (70%-80%) |
What do meteorologists use to track areas of rain, snow, and storms? | radar |
How do the prevailaing westerlies usually blow air masses across the U.S.? | from west to east |
What is a violent disturbance in the atmosphere? | a storm |