chapter 20

Question 0

Front

Answer 0

The boundary between two adjoining air masses having contrasting characteristics

Question 1

Air mass

Answer 1

A large body of water that is characterized by similar temperatures and amounts of moisture at any given amount

Question 2

Warm front

Answer 2

A front along which a warm air mass overrides a retreating mass of cooler air

Question 3

Cold front

Answer 3

A front along which a cold air mass thrusts beneath a warmer air mass

Question 4

Stationery front

Answer 4

A situation in which the surface position of a front does not move; the flow on either side of such a boundary is nearly parallel to the position of the front

Question 5

Occluded front

Answer 5

A front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front; it marks the beginning of the end of the middle-latitude cyclone

Question 6

Thunderstorm

Answer 6

A storm produced by cumulonimbus cloud and always accompanied by lightning and thunder; it is of relatively short duration an usually accompanied by strong wind gusts, heavy rain, and sometimes hail.

Question 7

Tornado

Answer 7

A small, very intense cyclonic storm with exceedingly high winds, most often produced along cold fronts in conjunction with severe thunderstorms

Question 8

Hurricane

Answer 8

A tropical cyclonic storm having winds in excess of 119 kilometers per hour

Question 9

Eye wall

Answer 9

The doughnut-shaped area of intense cumulonimbus development and very strong winds that surrounds the eye of a hurricane

Question 10

Eye

Answer 10

A zone of scattered clouds an calm averaging about 20 kilometers in diameter at the center of a hurricane

Question 11

Storm struggle

Answer 11

The abnormal rise of the sea along shore as a result of strong winds.