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| Why is there uneven heating of the Earth's surface? |
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| Differences in the Earth's surface such as heat redistribution by air and water currents is why there is uneven heating of the Earth's surface. |
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| How is this heat redistributed? |
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| Heat from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth's surface, which then heats the air above it. |
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| Amount of water vapor in the air |
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| State of the atmosphere at a specific time & place |
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| Air moving in a specific direction |
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| Measure of average amount of motion in molecules |
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| Stratus cloud formed near the ground |
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| What are three factors that determine the shape and height of clouds? |
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| Temperature, pressure and amount of water vapor in the air |
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| Form layers, or smooth, even sheets in the sky. Usually form at low altitudes |
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| Masses of puffy, white clouds often with flat bases |
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| Appear fibrous or curly. High, thin, white, feathery clouds made of ice crystals. |
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| Clouds associated with rain or snow have which Latin term associated with them? |
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| What are the four types of precipitation? |
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| The four types of precipitation are rain, snow, sleet or hail. |
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| What factor determines what type of precipitation will fall? |
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| The factor that determines which type will fall is air temperature. |
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| What is the first step in forming a cloud? |
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| What is the second step in forming a cloud? |
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| What is the third step in forming a cloud? |
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| Water vapor cools and condenses around dust |
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| What is the fourth step in forming a cloud? |
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| Water droplets form clouds |
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| Thunderhead in latin form |
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| Low carpet of rain clouds in latin form |
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| A large body of air that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it develops |
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| What is the difference between a cold front and a warm front? |
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| A cold front occurs when colder air advances toward warm air and is shown as a blue line with triangles on a map but a warm front occurs when warmer air advances over colder air and is shown as a red line with red semicircles. |
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| Inside a storm cloud, warm air is lifted rapidly as cooler air sinks. When currents flow between regions of opposite electrical charge, lightning flashes. Lightning can occur within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. |
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| Thunder is caused by rapid heating of air around a bolt of lightning. |
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| The difference between wind speed and direction in a tornado. |
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| Powerful storms that are created over oceans. |
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| A weather map that uses symbols |
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| A line that connects points of equal temperatures |
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| A line that connects points of equal pressure |
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| Someone who studies weather |
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| A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground |
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| A boundary between two air masses of different densities |
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| rotate clockwise, good weather |
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| rotate counterclockwise, poor weather (rain, storms) |
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| boundary between two air masses, always precipitation at fronts |
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| neither one advances (stalemate) |
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severe rain storms
-cumulonimbus clouds |
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| flooding, strong winds, hail |
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| rapid up & down movement of air causes buildup of charge (like static elec.) |
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| severe rain storms, cumulonimbus clouds |
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| area in Midwest where 90% of Earth's tornadoes occur |
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| When in the tornado season? |
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| How fast in mph can a tornado reach up to? |
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| What numbers are the Fujita scale (what to what) |
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| flooding, strong winds, hail |
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| what are the most powerful storms |
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| Characteristic of a hurricane |
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| Form over & fueled by warm water and lose power over land |
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| High winds, low visibility, and they have to persist for 3 hours |
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| A person who studies weather |
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| A combination of symbols on a weather map |
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| Line connecting points of equal temperature |
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| Line connecting points of equal pressure |
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| Instrument used to measure air pressure |
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