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Extreme Weather Wizards!
Extreme Weather Wizards!
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A huge body of air with similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure
occluded front
isobar
anticyclone
air mass
2
Where would you find "helpful" ozone?
stratosphere
thermosphere
mesosphere
troposphere
3
High and low air pressure is calculated using a
anemometer
barometer
thermometer
telegraph
4
What is the source of energy for the water cycle?
the sun
the oceans
the greenhouse effect
the atmosphere
5
A tropical cyclone, greater than 74mph, which tends to damage the US Coastline July-October
blizzard
acid rain
hurricane
tornado
6
Organizations that assist people effected by storms include
Salvation Army
FEMA
Red Cross
All of the Above!
7
Rain, sleet, snow and hail are all types of
transpiration
evaporation
precipitation
condensation
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A tool that measures temperature is a
barometer
weather vane
thermometer
rain gauge
9
Cold air at the surface, combined with a LOT of moisture, snowfall and winds
avalanche
tornado
blizzard
cyclone
10
Conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place is called
temperature
climate
weather
precipitation
11
Forecasters issue their predictions for weather patterns based on
satellite observations/tracking
math equations & common sense
supercomputer weather models
All of the Above!
12
The layer of the atmosphere where weather takes place
troposphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
stratosphere
13
A giant rotating column of air, most common in the Great Plains
hurricane
blizzard
tornado
cyclone
14
Which front will cause rain to develop?
back front
cold front
stationary front
warm front
15
Air pressure decreases as altitude
is stationary
increases
remains the same
decreases
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Wind speeds and direction at various heights are obtained by
rain gauges
open pans
isobars
radar tracking of balloons