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CRCT Question. Which factor would help decrease a hurricane’s strength THE MOST Abundance of cool air Hot air from the land Lack of moist, warm air Sunshine. Corny Joke of the Day. What is the opposite of a cold front? A warm back. Vocab Sheet Due TOMORROW. Candy Toss.

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  1. CRCT Question Which factor would help decrease a hurricane’s strength THE MOST Abundance of cool air Hot air from the land Lack of moist, warm air Sunshine

  2. Corny Joke of the Day What is the opposite of a cold front? A warm back

  3. Vocab Sheet Due TOMORROW

  4. Candy Toss

  5. Climate is determined by 1. 2.

  6. Types of Clouds • ________ – cotton balls – indicates fair weather • _________ – flat layers – often has precipitation • __________ – high, thin clouds – usually means change in weather • __________ – cloud on the ground

  7. Name the air masses

  8. In the USA, the _____________ push air masses from ___________ to __________.

  9. Cold front facts to know: 1. Moves ______________ • 2. Rapid “uplift” of air occurs due to the cold air lifting the _________ air. 3. Produces ______________CLOUDS. 4. Often produces ___________WEATHER 5. __________, drier air follows.

  10. Facts to know about warm fronts! 1. Warm air moves over _________ 2. Produces light to moderate _________. 3. After it passes, __________ weather.

  11. ________________ are the largest storms on Earth!

  12. What is this a picture of?

  13. ___________is the temperature when water vapor condenses to a solid or liquid

  14. What is this?

  15. StudyGuide Answers

  16. Word Attack

  17. Dew point L Pressure pressure stratus maritime tropical Warm/rainy sink isobars Climate Stationary front Occluded Front forms Hurricane Clear/cold evaporation Polar Cold Front solid rain Warm Front cold Rise H Pressure cirrus eye continental weather condensation surges warm sun gas cumulonimbus

  18. Poster Pass • Groups of four • Each person will get a piece of paper • Label the sheets as follows: • Clouds • Fronts • Air masses • Storms d. At the end you want to put the four sheets together as ONE large poster e. Each time the buzzer goes off you will switch the posters and add to them!

  19. Sink Or Swim

  20. High/feathery like clouds that usually indicate a change of weather are what type of clouds? Cirrus

  21. What is a cold front represented by on a weather map? Blue triangles

  22. What type of cloud do thunderstorms usually form in Cumulonimbus

  23. Where does an air mass get it’s temperature and humidity from? From where it is formed

  24. What type of pressure systems do hurricanes form in Low Pressure

  25. What is the center of a hurricane called? Eye

  26. What type of weather would a maritime/polar air mass bring? Moist/cold

  27. When a hot air mass meets a cold air mass and there is little to no movement it is called what? Stationary front

  28. When a cold front moves a warm front, resulting in a thunderstorm. You could conclude that a ________front went through Cold

  29. In order for a cloud to form, it must condense onto a ___________surface Solid

  30. A funnel shaped cloud that touches the land is called a Tornado

  31. What two factors determine the climate of a region Temperature and precipitation

  32. Why is this hurricane losing strength as it heads north? Because the water is getting colder

  33. What powers the water cycle? The Sun

  34. What is a person who studies weather called? meteorologist

  35. Name the air mass #6 2. 1. 3. Maritime tropical 4. 5. 6.

  36. What direction does the weather move in the US West to East

  37. What causes the most damage during a hurricane? Storm Surge

  38. What type of winds are these? Global

  39. What moves the weather? The jet Stream

  40. ___________is the temperature when water vapor condenses to a solid or liquid Dew Point

  41. Layered clouds that often bring precipitation, are what type of clouds? Stratus

  42. What is this and example of? Stationary Front

  43. What stage in the water cycle leads into cloud formation? Evaporation

  44. What do isobars measure? Pressure

  45. Evaporation changes water from a vapor to a _______ Liquid

  46. Name the air mass #2 2. 1. 3. Continental polar 4. 5. 6.

  47. Warm Front What is this an example of?

  48. What does the H on a weather map stand for? High Pressure

  49. What are the largest storms on Earth? Hurricanes

  50. Where should you go during a tornado warning? Basement or someplace without windows

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