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Weather Review
What am I?
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure throughout.
air mass
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What are the 2 characteristics that scientists use to classify air masses?
temperature and humidity
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What type of air mass is being described?
Cool humid air masses form over the icy cold North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans.
maritime polar
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What type of air mass is being described?
Hot dry air masses form in summer over dry areas of the Southwest and northern Mexico.
continental tropical
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What type of air mass is being described?
Warm, humid air masses form over oceans near the tropics.
maritime tropical
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When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and no movement occurs, what is the result?
stationary front
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What type of front am I?
Cold air moves underneath warm air, forcing the warm air to rise.
cold front
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What type of front am I? When a cold air mass and a cool air
mass come together, the warm air caught between them is forced upward.
occluded front
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What am I? A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped
cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth’s surface.
tornado
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During a thunderstorm, what is the best way to stay safe inside?
avoid touching telephones, electrical appliances, or plumbing fixtures (all of which can conduct electricity into the house)
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What type of a scientist is Ben Bailey AND what does he study?
Ben is a meteorologist. He studies the causes of weather and he attempts to predict it.
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What are lines on a weather map joining places that have the same air pressure?
isobars
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Places shown on a weather map that have the same temperature are connected by …
isotherms
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What type of front does this symbol represent AND in what direction is it moving?
warm front
moving NW
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What type of front does this symbol represent AND in what direction is it moving?
cold front
moving SE