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Water in
the Air
Air Masses
and Fronts
Severe
Weather
Forecasting
Weather
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Question 1 - 10
• amount of water vapor in the air
Answer 1 – 10
• What is humidity
Question 1 - 20
• amount of water vapor in the air compared to
the maximum it can hold
Answer 1 – 20
• What is relative humidity
Question 1 - 30
• process in which water vapor cools and turns
to liquid
Answer 1 – 30
• What is Condensation
Question 1 - 40
• water that falls to the Earth’s surface as rain,
snow, sleet, or hail
Answer 1 – 40
• What is precipitation
Question 1 - 50
• What happens when air reaches its dew
point?
Answer 1 – 50
• What is condensation occurs
Question 2 - 10
• What describes an air mass with the symbol
cT? Please describe the air mass
Answer 2 – 10
• What is continental Tropical- land air mass
with warm temperature
Question 2 - 20
• area of low pressure where air masses meet
and rise
Answer 2 – 20
• What is a cyclone
Question 2 - 30
area of high pressure where air moves apart and
sinks
Answer 2 – 30
• What is an anticyclone
Question 2 - 40
• What kind of weather does a stationary front
bring?
Answer 2 – 40
• What is many days of cloudy we weather
Question 2 - 50
•
A maritime polar air mass that forms over
the North Pacific Ocean brings what kind of
weather to the Pacific Coast?
Answer 2 – 50
• What is wet
Question 3 - 10
• The most powerful storms on Earth are
Answer 3 – 10
• What is a hurricane
Question 3 - 20
• forms when a funnel cloud pokes through the
bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud and makes
contact with the ground.
Answer 3 – 20
• What is a tornado
Question 3 - 30
• What kind of weather can you expect in an
area that is currently experiencing the eye of a
hurricane
Answer 3 – 30
• What warm calm air and light winds
Question 3 - 40
• What is the most dangerous part of a
hurricane?
Answer 3 – 40
• What is the storm surge
Question 3 - 50
• Describe the formation of Lighting
Answer 3 – 50
• What is an electric discharge between a
positively charged area and negatively
charged area, forms in a cumulonimbus cloud
Question 4 - 10
• What do isobars indicate?
Answer 4 – 10
• What is areas of high and low pressure
Question 4 - 20
• Why do meteorologists track cyclones and
anticyclones
Answer 4 – 20
• What is by keeping track of cyclones and
anticyclones meteorologists can predict
weather
Question 4 - 30
• tracks the location, movement, and amount of
precipitation
Answer 4 – 30
• What is radar
Question 4 - 40
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measures air pressure
Answer 4 – 40
• What is a barometer
Question 4 - 50
•
measures wind speed
Answer 4 – 50
• What is an anemometer
Question 5 - 10
• How do meteorologists gather data on
atmospheric conditions above Earth’s surface?
Answer 5 – 10
• What is they use weather balloons and
satellites
Question 5 - 20
What does this image represent?
Answer 5 – 20
• What is a cold front
Question 5 - 30
• What does this image represent?
Answer 5 – 30
• What is a warm front
Question 5 - 40
• If there is a tornado in your area you should
Answer 5 – 40
• What is you should go to the basement or a
room in the center of the house away front
windows, preferably a bathroon
Question 5 - 50
• Where do 75% of the worlds tornadoes occur?
Answer 5 – 50
• What is in the United States