2. Air Masses and Fronts

3. Predicting Weather

4. Read the Map

5. Thunderstorms and Tornados

6. Hurricanes and Snow

7. Key Terms

8. Thunderstorms and Tornados
Air Masses and Fronts
Read the Map
Thunderstorms and Tornados
Hurricanes and Snow
Predicting Weather
Key Terms
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9. This is the two characteristics that classify air masses.
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This is the two characteristics that classify air masses.
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10. What is temperature and humidity?
What is temperature and humidity?
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11. 1-200
These types of air masses are named based on humidity and where they form.
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12. What is maritime and continental?
What is maritime and continental?
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13. 1-300
These types of air masses are named based on temperature and where they form.
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14. What is polar and tropical?
What is polar and tropical?
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15. This is the boundary where two air masses meet.
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This is the boundary where two air masses meet.
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16. 1-400A
What is a front?
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17. Describe at least one front: How does it form?
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Describe at least one front:
How does it form?
What type of weather does it leave behind?
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18. 1-500A
Answers may vary
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19. 2-100
This is a scientist that studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it.
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20. What is a meteorologist?
What is a meteorologist?
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21. What does the circle in this symbol tell you about?
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What does the circle in this symbol tell you about?
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22. 2-200A
What is are clouds?
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23. What does the leg/wing in the following symbol tell you about?
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What does the leg/wing in the following symbol tell you about?
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24. 2-300A
What is wind?
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25. Name one technological device used to predict weather.
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Name one technological device used to predict weather.
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26. 2-400A
What is a weather balloon, satellite, radar, weather station or computer?
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27. 2-500
The stem iso means this.
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28. 2-500A
What is equal?
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29. This is the highest temperature in the US.
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This is the highest temperature in the US.
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30. 3-100A
What is 90⁰?
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31. This is the lowest temperature in the US.
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This is the lowest temperature in the US.
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32. 3-200A
What is 17⁰?
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33. This is the weather they are experiencing in Oregon.
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This is the weather they are experiencing in Oregon.
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34. What is sunny and a few clouds?
What is sunny and a few clouds?
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35. This the type of front over Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.
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This the type of front over Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.
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36. 3-400A
What is a cold front?
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37. This is the weather in Colorado.
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This is the weather in Colorado.
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38. 3-500A
What thunderstorms?
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39. 4-100
This is a rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm clod to touch Earth’s surface. .
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40. 4-100A
What is a tornado?
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41. 4-200
This is a sudden spark, or electrical discharge between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
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42. 4-200A
What is lightning?
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43. 4-300
This is a place where warm humid air from the Gulf meets cold air from Canada in the Great Plains.
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44. 4-300A
What is Tornado Alley?
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45. This is where a person should seek shelter during a tornado.
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This is where a person should seek shelter during a tornado.
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46. What is in the basement of a well built structure?
What is in the basement of a well built structure?
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47. This type of cloud brings both thunderstorms and tornados.
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This type of cloud brings both thunderstorms and tornados.
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48. 4-500A
What is cumulonimbus?
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49. This is a tropical storm that has winds of a 119km per hour or higher.
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This is a tropical storm that has winds of a 119km per hour or higher.
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50. 5-100A
What is a hurricane?
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51. 5-200
This is when a cold, dry air mass from Canada picks up water vapor and cools on the other side of a great lake.
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52. What is lake-effect snow?
What is lake-effect snow?
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53. 5-300
This symbol means this.
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54. 5-300A
What is a hurricane?
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55. This is where a hurricane begins to form.
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This is where a hurricane begins to form.
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56. 5-400A
What is
over an ocean?
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57. This is what happens to a hurricane when it reaches land.
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This is what happens to a hurricane when it reaches land.
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58. 5-500A
What is lose strength?
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59. This is a violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
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This is a violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
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60. 6-100A
What is a storm?
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61. 6-200
This is a “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands.
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62. 6-200A
What is storm surge?
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63. This means you leave an area temporarily.
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This means you leave an area temporarily.
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64. 6-300A
What is evaculate?
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65. These are swirling centers of low air pressure.
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These are swirling centers of low air pressure.
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66. 6-400A
What is a cyclone?
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67. These are high-pressure centers of dry air.
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These are high-pressure centers of dry air.
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68. 6-500A
What is an anticyclone?
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69. Final
Jeopardy
Air Masses

70. Temperature/ Humidity
Fill in the chart.
Type of air mass
Temperature/ Humidity
of the air mass

71. Contestants:
Please put down your
writing tools and
wait for further
instructions.

72. Temperature/ Humidity
Type of air mass
Temperature/ Humidity
of the air mass
Polar
Cold
Tropical
Warm
Continental
Dry
Maritime
Wet