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Weather Jeopardy

Weather Jeopardy. FINAL JEPORADY. Vocabulary 100. What is Lightning?. Is a sudden spark in the atmosphere. Lighting can cause an explosion of air. Thunder is the sound of the explosion. Vocabulary 200. What is a Thunderstorm?.

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Weather Jeopardy

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  1. Weather Jeopardy

  2. FINAL JEPORADY

  3. Vocabulary 100 What is Lightning?

  4. Is a sudden spark in the atmosphere. Lighting can cause an explosion of air. Thunder is the sound of the explosion.

  5. Vocabulary 200 What is a Thunderstorm?

  6. Is a small storm that often has heavy precipitation, thunder and Lightning.

  7. Vocabulary 300 What is a Storm?

  8. Is a violent disturbance in the atmosphere. Storm include, thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Winter Storms

  9. Vocabulary 400 What is a Cyclone?

  10. Is a swirling center of low air pressure. The winds in a cyclone spiral around a center. In a cyclone winds spiral inward towards the low pressure center.

  11. Vocabulary 500 What is an Anticyclone??

  12. Is a high-pressure center of dry air. Is the opposite of a cyclone. In an anticyclone, winds spiral outward away from the high-pressure center.

  13. True? or False? 100 A Tornado Watch is a Tornado has been spotted take cover immediately!

  14. FALSE, A Tornado watch is, a Tornado is possible

  15. True? or False? 200 A Hurricane forms over Warm Ocean water?

  16. True

  17. True? or False? 300 During A thunderstorm you should be outside in the pool?

  18. FALSE!!

  19. True? or False? 400 Air spins upward in a Cyclone?

  20. TRUE!

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  22. True? or False? 500 Tornadoes are common in the Great Plans also know as “Tornado Alley” name 3 of the 5 sates associated with the Tornado Alley?

  23. Air Masses 100 What is an air mass?

  24. Huge Body of air that has similar temperature, humidity and air pressure.

  25. Air Masses 200 What do occluded air masses bring?

  26. Clouds and Precipitation

  27. Air Masses 300 What do air masses influence?

  28. Weather

  29. Air Masses 400 How are air masses commonly moved?

  30. The prevailing westerlies and jet streams

  31. Air Masses 500 What are the 3 of the 4 types of air masses?

  32. Maritime Tropical, Continental Tropical, Maritime Polar and Continental Polar.

  33. Fronts 100 How does a Warm front occur?

  34. When a warm air mass moves over a cold air mass.

  35. Fronts 200 What type of front forms Thunderstorms?

  36. Cold Front

  37. Fronts 300 How does a Cold front form?

  38. When a cold air mass slides under a warm air mass.

  39. Fronts 400 How does a Occluded front form?

  40. A warm air mass sometimes is caught between two cooler air masses. This form the Occluded front.

  41. Fronts 500 Sometimes cold and warm air masses meet, but neither air mass moves over or under the other. The two air masses face each other in a “Standoff” What type of front is this called?

  42. Stationary Front

  43. Storms 100 What does Evacuate mean?

  44. To move away form an area

  45. Storms 200 During a Tornado you should be in a Basement or a Storm Shelter. What if you don’t have either of them were do you go?

  46. The middle part of the lowest level of your home

  47. Storms 300 The center part of a Hurricane is called the?

  48. The Eye

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