Weather Patterns

Question 0

The four types of air masses influence the weather in ______ _______

Answer 0

North America

Question 1

Science classify air masses according to _______ and _________

Answer 1

Temperature

Humidity

Question 2

What are the four major types of air masses?

Answer 2

Maritime tropical
Maritime polar
Continental tropicals
Continental polar

Question 3

When an air mass move into an area and ________ with other air masses, it causes the weather to _______

Answer 3

Interacts

Changes

Question 4

In the US, air masses are commonly moved by the _________ _______ and _____ ______

Answer 4

Prevailing Westerlies

Jet Streams

Question 5

Air masses generally move from ____ to _____

Answer 5

West to east

Question 6

When two ______ _______ collide that have different tempeture and humidity, they ________ mix easily

Answer 6

Air masses

Do not

Question 7

The boundary where the air masses meet becomes a ______

Answer 7

Front

Question 8

______ and _______ weather often develop along a front

Answer 8

Storms

Changeable

Question 9

What are the 4 types of fronts?

Answer 9

Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Occluded front

Question 10

_________ is dense and tends to _____

Answer 10

Cold air

Sink

Question 11

_________ is less dense and tends to ________

Answer 11

Warm air

Rise

Question 12

When fast moving cold air mass runs into a slow moving warm air mass, the denser cold air slides under the warm air and pushes it upward
( what front is this? )

Answer 12

Cold front

Question 13

Warm air mass caught between 2 cold air masses

what front is this?

Answer 13

Occluded front

Question 14

Fast moving warm air mass overtakes slow cold air mass

what front is this?

Answer 14

Warm front

Question 15

Cold air mass and hot air mass meet, but cannot move each other
( what front is this? )

Answer 15

Stationary front

Question 16

A ______ is a violent disturbance in the atmosphere

Answer 16

Storm

Question 17

Storms involve sudden changes in _____________ that causes rapid _____________

Answer 17

Air pressure

Air movement

Question 18

What are the 2 types of storms?

Answer 18

Thunderstorms

Tornadoes

Question 19

What is Tornado Alley?

Answer 19

An area in the US where tornadoes occur more often than other parts of the US
( only a small corner of Arkansas is part of tornado alley

Question 20

Small storms often with heavy rain, thunder, and lightning

what type of storm I this?

Answer 20

Thunderstorm

Question 21

________ is a sudden spark, or electric discharge, as positive and negative charges move around

Answer 21

Lightning

Question 22

_________ is the rapid heating of air by lighting that expands suddenly and explosively

Answer 22

Thunder

Question 23

A _______ is a rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth’s surface

Answer 23

Tornado

Question 24

A _________ is a tornado that occurs over a lake or ocean

Answer 24

Waterspout

Question 25

Tornadoes most commonly develop in ________ _________ ________

Answer 25

Thick cumulonimbus clouds

Question 26

_________ most commonly develop on thick cumulonimbus clouds

Answer 26

Tornadoes

Question 27

A waterspout is a tornado that occurs over a ______ or _______

Answer 27

Lake or ocean

Question 28

What causes tornadoes to drop down from the cloud?

Answer 28

Air pressure changes

Question 29

This area is where cold, dry air from Canada and warm, humid air from the Gulf meets most of the time

Answer 29

Tornado Alley

Question 30

A _________ means that tornadoes are possible in your area

Answer 30

Tornado watch

Question 31

A _________ mean that a tornado has been seen or spotted on radar in your area

Answer 31

Tornado warning

Question 32

A tornado watch means that tornadoes are _______ in your area

Answer 32

Possible

Question 33

A tornado warning means that a tornado has been ______ ______ in your area

Answer 33

Seen or spotted

Question 34

Where is the safest place to be during a tornado?

Answer 34

Interior room Storm shelter Basement