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Weathery Stuff Flashcards

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Thunderstorms form when warm moist air______. Cool dense air _____. The process of _____

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  1. Rises
  2. Sinks
  3. Convection
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What type of cloud is formed during thunderstorms

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Cumulonimbus

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Electricity discharged within a cloud between clouds or between cloud and ground is

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Lightning

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3
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Lightning and thunder happen at same time we’ve lightning 1st why

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Light travels faster than sound

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A t storm is probs going to occur meteorologists issue a t storm

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Watch

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5
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4 impacts of t storms are

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Wild fires
Flash flooding
Hail
Knock over trees and power lines

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6
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2 natural disasters that make tornadoes

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T storms

Hurricanes

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Tndoes form when air is __________ on surface

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Warmed

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8
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Tnadoe rises quickly rotates and forms funnel that goes ________ reaching earth

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Downward

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9
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Tnadoes _____________ objects from surface then crash down again

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Pull up

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10
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Tnadoes sometimes move a species to

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New location

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11
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Tnadoes classified by ________ and __________ on the _______ scale

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  1. Speed
  2. Damage
  3. Fujita
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12
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Tnadoe _______ means a tnadoe has been spotted

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Warning

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13
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To be safe in a tnadoe go to

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Basement or lowest floor possible

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14
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2 other names for hcanes

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Typhoon and cyclone

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15
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Eye of hcane is ________ where clear skies and _____ wind

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Center

Light

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16
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_____________ is when winds from hcane push water higher along coast

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Storm surge

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17
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Hcane season is from

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June 1- November 30

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18
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Hcanes start as

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Tstorms

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19
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____________ causes tropical storm to become hcane

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Warm water

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20
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Scale for hcanes is

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Saffir- Simpson hcane scale

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21
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Damage of hcane depends on

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Strength

Character of coast

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22
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When plans die and top layer of soil goes ________ is happening

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Drought

23
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Heat wave=

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Extreme heat

24
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Ss is caused by

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Hcane

Flood

25
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Bad seeing, blizzard, cold rain=

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Winter storm

26
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Process of breaking down rock and changing compositin

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Chemical w

27
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When animal digs in ground the w is

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Action of animals

28
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Rock with iron rusts in ______ kind of c w

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Oxidation

29
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Rate of w is due to humidity and

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Temperature

30
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Most important w-er

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Water

31
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Can grow in rocks and release acids and dissolve rock

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Plant roots

32
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Grinding of rock by other rock moved by water wind gravity ice

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Abrasion

33
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Breaking down rock with compo same

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Physical w

34
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When top layer taken other layers of rock removed

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Realese of pressure

35
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Freezing and thawing of rock with makes it crack

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Ice wedging

36
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In Chem w it changes compo of rock does it do same in phys w

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No

37
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W is making of sediments is e the same

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No

38
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E is moving of sediments is d the same

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No

39
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4 agents of e

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  1. Water
  2. Wind
  3. Ice
  4. Gravity
40
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3 effects of e

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  1. Change earth landscape
  2. Change river course
  3. Sweep beach into ocean
41
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When there are no plants on land e

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Increases

42
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Barrier islands moving pollutants and sand dunes made by

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D

43
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Lots wind e created palo duro canyon

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High plains

44
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Lots of w e d happen bc of waves

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Gulf coast/ prairies&marshes

45
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Soil erosion bc of decline of grasslands acid rain e limestone cliff

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Transpecos

46
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Lots vegetation not much e

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Piney woods

47
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Exfoliation

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Eds plateau llano uplift

48
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West Texas, little 5 in rain per year different topography

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Transpecos

49
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Highest winds

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High plains

50
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Most rain, much e bio diverse 500 species bird

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Gulf coast plains & marshes

51
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Most rain long leaf forests

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Piney woods

52
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Mex bats blind sala gold check warbler

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Eds plateau llano uplift

53
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Mountain pass valley cliff Grand Canyon beach delta w by

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Water

54
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Sand dunes w by

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Wind

55
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Landslide w by

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Gravity

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