BJU Earth Science Chapter 20

Hurricanes can form in the middle latitudes. They are often less violent and called what?

Air masses usually originate in windy locations, allowing them to move into other regions

What are some dangers of winter storms

Which of the following terms is not associated with tornadoes?

What is cloud to ground or cloud to cloud electrical discharge called?

Most interactions among air masses cause precipitation

Which type of front involves two air masses where an existing air mass rises to make way for the incoming air mass?

What is a powerful, rotating storm that is likely to spawn a tornado?

If the time between a lightning flash and the sound of thunder is 3 s, how far has the sound traveled?

What often has an anvil shaped top?

It is the extremely low pressure inside a tornado's funnel that can cause buildings to explode

The Atacama Desert exists because it snows and rains on one side of the Andes Mountains. What is this effect called?

Hurricanes never form over land.

What is a line of violent thunderstorms along a cold front?

Lines on a weather map connect areas of equal pressure These lines can be used to predict wind speed and directions.

Air masses of differing temperatures and humidities often mix.

What is a blast of cool air that comes just before the rain of a thunderstorm called?

The weather is an area stays virtually the same for an entire week. What kind of front is this?

What occurs when a warmer air mass is replacing a colder air mass?

Winds flowing from different directions form clouds and storms often result. What is the term for this process?

While hiking, you are surprised by a severe thunderstorm with lightning. The safest thing to do is

Pressure in the eye of a hurricane is lower than in the outer part of the hurricane.

What is it called when a warm air mass is trapped between two colliding colder air masses?

Which of these descriptions most accurately describes a Nor'easter?

What are the huge waves that are produced far out in the ocean and precede the arrival of a hurricane called?

Where does the greatest danger during a severe thunderstorm come from?

Thunderstorms develop only in the summer when the air is moist and warm.

What is a large body of air that has fairly uniform conditions?

What is the boundary between two air masses?

Which kind of violent storm has the greatest wind speed?

In the western Pacific, hurricanes are called typhoons.

Which of the following can affect the path of a hurricane?

A hurricanes storms swell causes a storm surge.

Tornadoes are more common and more powerful in the United States than in any other country.

The National Weather Service releases a set of four synoptic Maps daily

Which of these is not associated with a single cumulonimbus cloud?

A hook appearing in the Doppler Radar image of a severe storm is often the sign of a

Names are assigned to which of the following?

What happens when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass?