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