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| This is a large volume of air in which temperature and humidity are nearly the same at different locations at the same altitude. |
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| This is a boundary between air masses where air is pushed up, often causing clouds and storms to form. |
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| This North American air mass will bring cool, moist air. |
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| This North American air mass will bring dry, cool air. |
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| This North American air mass will bring warm, dry air. |
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| This North American air mass will bring warm, moist air. |
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| This type of air pressure brings clear skies and calm winds. |
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| This type of air pressure brings cloudy skies and rainy, stormy weather. |
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| This type of front usually brings tall cumulonimbus clouds and precipitation. |
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| This type of front can produce cloudy skies for days at a time. |
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| Hurricanes season in the US is from.... |
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| This is severe weather beginning in the ocean that contains winds of 40 mph and above. |
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| This is severe weather forming over warm ocean water that contains winds of over 74 mph. |
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| What slows down the movement of a hurricane? |
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| Hurricanes gain energy from this. |
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| This is a damaging effect of a hurricane in which sea levels rise several meters, backing up rivers and flooding the shore. |
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| These are blinding snowstorms with freezing temperatures and winds of at least 35 mph. |
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| These are heavy snows that fall east and south of the Great Lakes region. |
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| These are winter storms where rain hits the freezing-cold ground and creates dangerous conditions. |
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| This is a storm with lightning and thunder. |
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| If a thunderstorm dumps all its rain at once water will begin to cover the ground. What is this called? |
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| This is a violently rotating column of air stretching from the clouds to the ground. |
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| This is a scientist that studies the weather. |
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| Forecasts over this many days are most accurate. |
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| An air mass that forms over the Sahara desert will be ______ and _______. |
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This type of front, which has a "triple point" on a weather map, produces intense storms that weaken over a few days, as the warm moist air that fuels the storm is cut off. |
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| This effect of hurricanes is the most deadly. |
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| The National Weather Service |
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| This organization issues winter storm watches and warnings. |
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What feature of a thunderstorm is shown in the image? |
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| This is caused by hailstones colliding high in cumulonimbus clouds. |
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| __________ builds thunderstorms quickly, while ____________ kills the storm. |
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| _____________ is the country that gets more tornadoes than anyone else in the world. |
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Which is NOT a good safety tip during thunderstorms?
A. Avoid bodies of water
B. Don't cross moving water, even if it looks shallow.
C. If flooding is expected, move to higher ground.
D. If you are bathing or showering, do it in your basement, where the lightning cannot get you. |
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| This is the scale we use to rate the power of a hurricane. |
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| This is the scale that we use to rate the power of a tornado. |
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| If isobar lines are close together on a weather map, then conditions will be _________. |
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