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21 Cards in this Set
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What type of clouds form thunderstorms?
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cumulonimbus clouds
thunderheads |
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What is a tornado?
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A rapidly whirling funnel- shapped cloud.
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A safe place to go during a tornado is ...
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in the basement or a place with no windows
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A safe place to go during a hurricane...
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EVACUATE or move to high ground
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A safe place to go during a thunderstorm...
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low area away from trees, fences, and poles
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A safe place to go during a flood...
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move to higher ground
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A safe place to go during a winter storm...
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Find shelter from the winds
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How has weather forecasting improved in the last few years?
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Computers
Satelite |
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What are meteorologists?
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Scientists who study the weather.
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Lines on a map that join places that have the same temperature...
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Isotherm
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lines on a map that join places that have the same air pressure...
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isobar
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What other 2 things form in the same cloud as thunderstorms?
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Tornadoes
Hail |
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What are causes of a flash flood?
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Broken dams
thunderstorms hurricanes |
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DRY AND COLD
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Continental Polar
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HUMID AND HOT
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Maritime Tropical
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HUMID AND COLD
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Maritime Polar
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DRY AND HOT
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Continental Tropical
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Rapidly moving cold air mass that runs into a slow moving warm air mass is....
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Cold Front
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when a warm air mass is trapped between two cold air masses is...
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Occluded Front
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A moving warm air mass collides with a slow moving cold air mass is ...
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Warm Front
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When a cold and warm air mass meet but neither has enough force to move each other is...
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Stationary Front
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