Weather

Question 1

Air Mass

Answer 1

large body of air that has similiar properties to the area where the mass was formed.

Question 2

what are air masses resposible for?

Answer 2

they are responsible for all weather.

Question 3

what is the boundry between to air masses.

Answer 3

it is a front.

Question 4

cold front

Answer 4

mass of warm air slowly goes over a mass of cold air. results in hours of rain.

Question 5

occluded front

Answer 5

two cold air masses force a warm air mass up and trap it creating rain..

Question 6

stationary front

Answer 6

a warm front and cold come together and neither one advances

Question 7

thunderstorms

Answer 7

heavy rain down pours that have lighting and thunder

Question 8

lighthing

Answer 8

the result of positive and negative charges

Question 9

thunder

Answer 9

the explosion heard from the air around the lighting bolt heating the air

Question 10

tornado

Answer 10

violently rotating mass of air. can be result of thunderstorm

Question 11

tornado alley

Answer 11

a strech of the U.S. that produces numerous tornados each year

Question 12

hurricanes

Answer 12

swirling low pressure system that forms over warm ocean. winds 119km/hr must be present to be called a hurricane

Question 13

drought

Answer 13

areas of land that do not recieve rain for long periods of time. can cause farmers to livestock to die, and forest fires from extreme dry conditions

Question 14

blizzards

Answer 14

massive snow storms. must snow atleast 3 hours.