Ch. 20 Earth Science

Most interactions among air masses cause tornados.

A maritime (m) airmass is moist.

Surface weather maps show high and low pressure systems.

A drop is air pressure is usually related with a cold front.

What do we call the short hand method of giving a lot of weather data?

What type of front occurs when a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet without displacing the other?

What type of storm do scientists name?

Low pressure is one of the most dangerous parts of a tornado.

An arctic (A) airmass is colder than a polar (P) are mass.

The synoptic weather map includes 10 different layers.

Air masses carry the properties of their source regions.

Where do hurricanes form?

A hurricane has the greatest speed of all storms.

A Nor'easter is a tornado that moves toward the northeast.

Super cells are strong rotating cloud systems that produce tornados.

Hurricane winds are strongest within the eye wall.

A continental (c) air mass is cold.

Saffer-Simpson scale is used to measure tornados.

Where do air masses usually form?

What happens when winds come together and collide to form clouds and possibly storms?