1. Weather Edition Type Topic in here!
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2. Weather JEOPARDY
Severe Weather
More Severe Weather
Fronts and Air Masses
Weather Tools and Maps
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3. Thunderstorms can form when…
warm, humid air quickly rises.
cold, dry air slowly sinks.
warm, humid air slowly sinks.
warm, dry air quickly rises.

4. a) warm, humid air quickly rises

5. Tornadoes are categorized by…
Tornado width
Damage totals
Wind speed
Length of time

6. c) Wind speed

7. Which of the following will you not find in a thunderstorm?
Hail
Damaging winds
Lightning
High pressure system

8. d) High pressure system

9. If your house was on the beach, which of the following might present the most danger?
Hail
Lightning
Tornado
Storm surge

10. d) Storm surge

11. The meteorologist warns that a blizzard is affecting your town but there is no snow falling, how is that possible?

12. Blizzards can occur when winds pick up snow that has already fallen and blow it around making it difficult to see.

13. Which storm is characterized by a rapidly spinning column of air that reaches from the cloud to the ground?
Hurricane
Tornado
Thunderstorm
Blizzard

14. b) Tornado

15. Which weather event is characterized by quickly moving water that comes from heavy rains?
Thunderstorm
Hurricane
Flash flood
Tornado

16. c) Flash flood

17. When looking out the window, you see that it is raining
When looking out the window, you see that it is raining. When you go outside, your car is covered in a layer of ice. What type of precipitation was that?
Snow
Sleet
Hail
Freezing rain

18. d) Freezing rain

19. Why do hurricanes not occur during the winter and spring months?

20. Hurricanes (and typhoons) form over warm ocean water
Hurricanes (and typhoons) form over warm ocean water. The water is not warm enough in the winter and spring for the storms to form.

21. What is the difference between a hurricane watch and a hurricane warning?

22. A watch means that a hurricane is possible (be on alert) and a warning means that a hurricane exists and could affect you (take action).

23. What is the name for the boundary or line between two air masses?

24. front

25. Air masses that form over land and have dry air are called…
Polar
Continental
Tropical
Maritime
Daily Double!

26. b) Continental

27. You are planning a picnic, which type of event would you hope occurs?
Low pressure
Cold front
Stationary front
High pressure

28. d) High pressure

29. Which tool might a meteorologist use to follow the path of a weather front?
Rain gauge
Radar
Ground station
Weather buoy

30. b) Radar

31. Cirrus and other high altitude clouds might indicate that a __________ front is coming.
Occluded
Stationary
Warm
Cold

32. c) Warm

33. What type of front is represented by this symbol?

34. Cold front

35. There is a high pressure system approaching NC from the west
There is a high pressure system approaching NC from the west. What type of weather should we expect?

36. High pressure systems bring calm skies and clear weather.

37. Which type of weather technology gives us information about clouds?
Ground station
Weather buoy
Satellite
Barometer

38. c) Satellite

39. If you launched a weather balloon, which information would you be gathering?
Air temperature
Storm surge levels
Water temperature
Wind speed of a hurricane

40. a) Air temperature

41. A meteorologist making observations about a hurricane notices that the pressure inside the hurricane is getting lower. What do you expect to happen?
Hurricane will weaken
Hurricane will disappear
Hurricane will change direction
Hurricane will strengthen

42. d) Hurricane will strengthen

43. Wind is caused by air moving from areas of …
High pressure to low pressure
Low pressure to high pressure
Hot air to cold air
Cold air to hot air

44. a) High pressure to low pressure

45. The Coriolis effect explains why….
Winds travel in straights paths
Wind always travel west to east in the U.S.
Winds travel in curved paths
Winds don’t blow air upward, only sideways

46. c) Winds travel in curved paths

47. __________ is the water vapor in the air.

48. Humidity is the water vapor in the air.

49. Which of the following might increase the amount of acid rain in an area?
Recycling bottles and cans
Driving cars
Conserving electricity
Using fewer pesticides

50. b) Driving cars

51. Air pressure is caused by…
The motion of air molecules
Air changing from gas to liquid
Air changing from liquid to gas
Precipitation

52. a) The motion of air molecules