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