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Question
1. How does density affect frontal
boundaries?
2. Explain the 4 main types of clouds.
3. How do the cloud and weather types
differ between cold and warm
fronts?
4. Why is severe weather associated
with low pressure systems?
5. How do meteorologists predict the
weather?
6. What weather map helps track large
storms?
7. How are thunderstorms form?
8. What give hurricanes their energy?
9. What happens to hurricanes as they
come on land?
10. What is the difference between
tornadoes and hurricanes?
Answer
Density will determine what will happen at
the frontal boundary. when warm and cold air
come together, warm air will rise and cold air
will sink
cumulus- thick fluffy clouds usually
announcing a nice sunny day
cirrus- wispy white clouds announcing a
sudden change in weather
Nimbus- a dark gray cloud filled with
precipitation
Stratus- a low cloud that forms in dark layers
that usually covers most of the sky
Cumulonimbus: Thunderstorm cloud
Cold air pushes warm air quickly and creates
more severe weather (Cumulonimbus
clouds). Warm air rises slowly bringing less
severe weather. (Stratus Clouds)
Low pressure systems are made of warmer
moister air. Also low pressure systems
naturally rotate which can lead to tornadoes
and hurricanes
They use weather maps and trend patterns.
Satellite Maps to help see large storms and
clouds. Radar maps to help see precipitation.
A satellite map helps track large storms.
Thunderstorms form when a cold front
pushes a warm front up in a cold front.
Warm water and the coriolis effect
They come on land and they lose energy
because warm water is what gives them
energy. They don’t lose all of their energy
and tear over the land destroying land.
Tornados do not bring as much precipitation.
They also can’t travel over land nor form
over water. Hurricanes have more time to
prepare for because tornados come out of the
blew and hurricanes you have time to prepare
for. Hurricanes rotate because of the coriolis
effect and tornadoes rotate because of wind
shear.
11. The Coriolis effect causes winds in
the Northern Hemisphere to rotate
what direction?
12. Explain the difference between
weather and climate.
13. How does the Coriolis Effect affect
flight travel in the United States?
14. How do pressure differences in the
atmosphere affect wind speeds?
15. What happens in a warm front?
16. Explain the difference between land
breezes and sea breezes.
17. What happens in an occluded front?
18. What happens in a stationary front?
causes it winds to curve clockwise
Weather is the conditions at that time and
climate is the weather's average in a certain
area over a period of time.
It causes the plane to curve as it travels so
they have to factor in the Earth's rotation
when planning flights.
The greater the difference in pressure the
faster the wind.
In a warm front warm air rises over a cold air
mass and brings light steadyrain.
Land breezes occur at night and do not bring
precipitation and the high pressure is over the
land. Sea breezes occur during the day, bring
precipitation, and the high pressure is over
the water.
A warm air mass is trapped between two cold
air masses and gets pushed up and forms
precipitation.
In a stationary front a warm and cold air mass
meet but neither of them have enough energy
to put the other one out of the way. It always
ends up turning into either a cold or warm
front.
● Stratus clouds-warm front
● Cumulonimbus clouds-cold front
Vocabulary
front​-​ The boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures or
humidity
density​-the amount of particles in an object
cold front​- When a cold air mass pushes a warm air mass up quickly
warm front​- when a warm air mass rises slowly over a cold air mass
occluded front​- when a warm air mass is stuck between two cold air masses
stationary front​- when a cold and a warm front run into each other and neither move
thunderstorm​- updraft, downdraft, and then precipitation
hurricane​- when a thunderstorm forms over warm water and and rotates because of the coriolis
effect
tornado​- when a thunderstorm turns into a tornado because of a windshear
flood​- when water rises above sea level and flows throughout places where water isn’t supposed
to be
blizzard​- a severe version of snow which brings freezing temperatures
weather map​- a map that helps predict weather and forecasting
anemometer​- a device used to measure wind speed
humidity​- the level of moisture
air quality​- ​the degree to which the ambient air is pollution-free, assessed by measuring a
number of indicators of pollution
EPA​- ​an agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human
and environmental health (environmental protection agency)
ozone​- the layer that absorbs uv rays to protect the earth from deadly heat
particulate​- ​of, relating to, or in the form of minute separate particles
smog​- ​fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants
global warming​- ​a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide,
chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants
jet stream​- ​Narrow band of air the is high in the upper part of the troposhere. Is the boundary
between very cold and warm air masses.
Coriolis Effect​- the earth turning causes airplanes and things off of the ground causes things to
curve instead of going in a straight line
global winds​- easterlies, westerlies, trade winds are winds that stay in the same place
trade winds​- a global wind that is by the equator that is not as strong as the easterlies/westerlies
(Tropical Regions)
westerlies​- a global wind between in the mid latitudes (Where we are).
easterlies​- a global wind by the polar and it is very strong (Extremes, Poles)
convection​- warm air rises and cold air sinks
radiation​- energy released from particles in electromagnetic waves
fossil fuels​- ​a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of
living organisms