Earth Science Chapter 20 Review 2016

tropical storms in the western pacific

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

How often the synoptic weather charts are released

Weather in an area stays same an entire week. What kind of front exists between the air masses?

Which of these most accurately describes a Nor'easter?

What is the wind speed?

Winds come from different directions and form clouds and storms. What is this process?

has an anvil shaped top

powerful rotating storm that is likely to spawn a tornado

The most destructive forces of a tornado

Which of these is the safest in a thunderstorm?

Lines on a map that connect equal pressures

What is the atmospheric pressure?

where hurricanes form

line of violent thunderstorms along a cold front

What direction is the wind coming from?

A "hook" appearing in the Doppler radar image of a storm is often the sign of a

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

large body of air with fairly uniform conditions

If the time between a lightning flash and thunder is 6 s, how far did the sound travel?

The desert on the lee side of mountains is called the rain shadow effect. Its caused by

Which of the following terms is not associated with tornadoes?

Which kind of storm has the greatest wind speed?

Name the type of front where existing air mass rises to make way for incoming air mass?

The greatest danger from a severe thunderstorm

boundary between two air masses

Blast of cold air right before the rain of a thunderstorm

What does the Fujita-Pearson scale not measure?

What is the temperature of the dew point?

Which of the following get names?

Huge waves produced far out in the ocean before a hurricane

What is the current weather?