Weather Science

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___ is the conditions of the atmosphere

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Weather

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Main causes for changes Ian weather is energy from the ____

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Sun

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Warmer air rises and cooler air sinks which causes ____ ____

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Convection currents

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As temperature _____ pressure decreases

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Increases

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Changes in pressure indicate a change in ____ is approaching

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Weather

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___ systems are associated with clouds and precipitation

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Low

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___ systems are associated with clear skies.

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High

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Steady pressure indicates current conditions will ___

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Continue

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Air pressure is measured with a ____ in ___ or ____

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Barometer

Mercury

Millibars

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Air moves from areas of ____ pressure to areas of ___ pressure

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High

Low

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Wind speed is measured with an ___

Direction from which the wind is_____

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Anemometer

Coming

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wind patterns are caused by ___ ___

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Thermal energy

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The sun does not heat the surface ____ causing uneven heating of the atmosphere

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Evenly

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___winds blow from east to west near the equator

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Trade

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_____ blow from west to east in the mid-latitudes

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Westerlies

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The ____ ___ is when the earths rotation causes winds to curve to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere

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Coriolis effect

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___ occurs when drops of water or crystals of ice become too large to be suspended in the cloud and fall in the form of rain freezing rain sleet snow or hail

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Precipitation

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An ___ ___ is a large body of air that develops over a particular region

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Air mass

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Cold dry air masses come from ___\ Dry air masses develop over ____

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Canada

Mexico

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A ____ is a boundary between two air masses

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Front

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When two fronts meet The cold air mass will move under the warm air mass because the cold is ___ ____

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More dense

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____ Is a Scientist that studies the weather and uses the data to make predictions about whether

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Meteorologist

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____ ___\ allow meteorologists to monitor weather on a global scale

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Satellite maps

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____ ____ uses electromagnetic waves to monitor velocity and altitude

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Radar maps

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A ____ is a violent whirling wind that moves in a narrow path over land

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Tornado

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A ___\ is issued when conditions are favorable for severe weather to occur

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Watch

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A ____ is issued with severe weather has been cited

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Warning

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A ____is a low-pressure system that forms over tropical oceans

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hurricane

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A ___ ___\ is an are of organized convection that originates in the tropics. It had no eye or rotation

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Tropical disturbance

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A ___ ____ is a cyclone that had a maximum wind speed of 38mph

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Tropical depression

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A ___ __ had a wind speed between 39 and 73 mph

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Tropical storm

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Warm ocean waters of at least ____ degrees are required for formation

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80

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The ___ is the are of calm relatively light winds at the center of a hurricane. It is the are of ___ pressure

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Eye

Lowest

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The ___ is the omg surrounding the eye that contains the highest wind speeds.

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Eye wall

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____ are bands of heavy rain that spiral outward from the storms center

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Rainbands

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The path of a hurricane depends on where it ___

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Forms

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As hurricanes move north they begin to turn back to the ___

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East

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What are the effects of hurricanes? DISCUSSION

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High winds

Heavy rains

Tornadoes

Storm surge

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The ____ ____ scale uses wind speed to rate the strength of hurricanes

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Saffir Simpson

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Saffir Simpson Scale

Category one-

Category two-

Category three-

Category four-

Category five-

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Minimal

Moderate

Extensive

Extreme

Catosrophic

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In which ways does weather affect your daily lives? DISCUSSION

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_____ area of a low pressure storm that usually forms over land

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Tornado

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Where do tornadoes come from

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Energy released in a thunderstorm

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When and where do tornadoes occur

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Spring and summer

Along cold fronts

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The ___ ___ ___ scale rates tornadoes based in the amount and type of wind damage produced

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Enchanced Fajita Scale

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EF0-

EF1-

EF2-

EF3-

EF4-

EF5-

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Light damage

Moderate damage

Considerable damage

Severe damage

Devastating damage

Incredible damage

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Cold front-

When is passes the ___ __ and the ___ ___

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Triangle

Heavy rain snowstorms

Temp drops

Weather clears

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Warm front-

When it passes the __ ___ and the ___ ____

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Semi circles

Light rain cloudy weather

Temp rises weather clears

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A low puffy cloud that forms on sunny days when heat from the surface causes warm air to rise

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Cumulus

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A low gray sheet like cloud that forms when warm noisy air moves over cooler ground

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Stratus

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Vertical clouds that may be over four miles tall. They form where cold air forces warm air to ride quickly.

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Cumulonimbus

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High feather like clouds. They are the highest clouds in the sky and they don't produce precipitation

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Cirrus