Fronts

2. Fronts Storms Transfer of Energy Global Winds Clouds Air Masses 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 500

3. Fronts 100 What type of front does this represent? Answer

4. Fronts 200 What has most likely occurred in this area? • A warm front has passed. • A cold front has passed. • A blizzard has taken place. • A high-pressure system has stalled. Answer

5. Fronts300 Which diagram shows a cold front? Answer

6. Fronts400 Cumulonimbus clouds often form along cold fronts. Which type of weather is most likely to occur along a cold front? • Moderate temperature with mild breezes • Storms with hurricane winds • High temperatures with low winds • Rain with possible severe thunderstorms Answer

7. Fronts500 What type of front does this represent? Answer

8. Storms100 Explain how convection produces thunderstorms. Answer

9. Storms200 • Hurricane Gustav, with winds of 250 km/h and a pressure of 941 mb, struck the west coast of Cuba in 2008. What category was hurricane Gustav? • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 Answer

10. Storms300 A severe thunderstorm, known as a super cell, forms. It begins in an area where cold, dry, polar air meets warm, moist, tropical air, and the atmosphere is unstable. The wind coming into this storm begins to swirl, creating an area of low pressure. What type of storm is likely to occur due to these conditions? Answer

11. Storms400 What type of climate conditions do hurricanes need to become larger and more powerful? Answer

12. Storms500 How could a tropical storm that forms off the west coast of Africa effect weather in the eastern part of North America? Answer

13. Transfer of Energy100 True or False: Conduction is the heat energy transferred to earth from the sun. Answer

14. Transfer of Energy200 Aaron observed a puddle in the middle of the soccer field. The next day Aaron saw the puddle had decreased in size. What happened to the evaporated water? Answer

15. Transfer of Energy300 What is most likely occurring if the land temperature near the beach is rising more rapidly than the ocean temperature? Answer

16. Transfer of Energy400 Which is most responsible for the uneven heating of the air in the atmosphere? • Radiation • Conduction • Convection • Condensation Answer

17. Transfer of Energy500 A pot is heated on a stove. What process causes the metal handle on the pot to become hot? Answer

18. Global Winds100 Besides the prevailing westerlies what else helps move weather across the United States? Answer

19. Global Winds200 • Most warm and cold air masses that enter North Carolina are moved by global winds. Which global winds are responsible for most of the local weather in North Carolina? • northeast trade • southeast trade • polar easterlies • prevailing westerlies Answer

20. Global Winds300 • Which best explains how the Coriolis Effect influences weather conditions? • It causes winds to rotate, forming tornadoes on Earth. • It causes winds to move to the right in the southern hemisphere. • It causes winds to turn to the right in the northern hemisphere. • It causes winds to follow a straight–line path around Earth. Answer

21. Global Winds400 • Global winds blow in the directions shown on the map. Winds blowing from the east coast of the United States have the most effect on the weather in which of the following regions. • Africa • Asia • Europe • South America Answer

22. Global Winds500 • The eastward movement of warm water in the Pacific Ocean during an El Nino event tends to cause which climatic effect? • Flooding on land masses in the western Pacific ocean • Heavy rainfall over land masses in the eastern Pacific ocean • Cold, windy conditions on land masses in the eastern pacific ocean • Frequent shallow tsunamis reaching land masses in the western pacific ocean Answer

23. Clouds and Air Masses100 What must happen in order for clouds to form? Answer

24. Clouds and Air Masses200 • In the centers of North America and Asia, large regions of land have relatively dry climates. This lack of rainfall results mainly from which factor? • The centers of these continents have too few lakes and rivers for effective evaporation. • The centers of these continents receive little heat from sunlight over most of the year. • The rate of air mass movement over the centers of these continents is relatively low. • The distance from oceans prevents moist air from reaching the centers of these continents. Answer

25. Clouds and Air Masses300 Which of the following would classify the air mass that formed over the Gulf of Mexico? • Cold and moist • Warm and moist • Cold and dry • Warm and dry Answer

26. Clouds and Air Masses400 When describing an air mass explain what polar continental means. Answer

27. Clouds and Air Masses500 • At which location is rainfall most likely to occur? • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 Answer

28. Fronts 100 Warm front Game Board

29. Fronts 200 B. A cold front has passed Game Board

30. Fronts300 Game Board

31. Fronts400 D. Rain with possible severe thunderstorms Game Board

32. Fronts500 Cold front Game Board

33. Storms100 Warm air rises and cold air sinks Game Board

34. Storms200 Category 4 Game Board

35. Storms300 Tornado Game Board

36. Storms400 Hurricanes should form over warm water. Game Board

37. Storms500 An increase probability for a hurricane. Game Board

38. Transfer of Energy100 False-Radiation Game Board

39. Transfer of Energy200 They spread out into the air. Game Board

40. Transfer of Energy300 Differences in air pressure over land and water are causing a sea breeze to occur Game Board

41. Transfer of Energy400 C. Convection Game Board

42. Transfer of Energy500 Conduction Game Board

43. Global Winds100 Jet stream Game Board

44. Global Winds200 D. prevailing westerlies Game Board

45. Global Winds300 C. It causes winds to rotate to the right in the Northern hemisphere. Game Board

46. Global Winds400 C. Europe Game Board

47. Global Winds500 B. Heavy rainfall over land masses in the eastern Pacific ocean Game Board

48. Clouds and Air Masses100 Warm air rises Game Board

49. Clouds and Air Masses200 D. The distance from oceans prevents moist air from reaching the centers of these continents Game Board

50. Clouds and Air Masses300 B. Warm and moist Game Board