Transcript POWERPOINT JEOPARDY

Severe
Weather
More Severe
Weather
Fronts and Air
Masses
Weather Tools
and Maps
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Thunderstorms can form
when…
a)warm, humid air quickly
rises.
b)cold, dry air slowly sinks.
c)warm, humid air slowly
sinks.
d)warm, dry air quickly
rises.
a) warm, humid air
quickly rises
Tornadoes are
categorized by…
a)Tornado width
b)Damage totals
c)Wind speed
d)Length of time
c) Wind speed
Which of the following
will you not find in a
thunderstorm?
a)Hail
b)Damaging winds
c)Lightning
d)High pressure system
d) High pressure
system
If your house was on the
beach, which of the
following might present
the most danger?
a)Hail
b)Lightning
c)Tornado
d)Storm surge
d) Storm surge
The meteorologist
warns that a
blizzard is affecting
your town but there
is no snow falling,
how is that
possible?
Blizzards can occur
when winds pick up
snow that has already
fallen and blow it
around making it
difficult to see.
Which storm is
characterized by a rapidly
spinning column of air that
reaches from the cloud to
the ground?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Hurricane
Tornado
Thunderstorm
Blizzard
b) Tornado
Which weather event is
characterized by quickly
moving water that comes
from heavy rains?
a) Thunderstorm
b) Hurricane
c) Flash flood
d) Tornado
c) Flash flood
When looking out the window,
you see that it is raining. When
you go outside, your car is
covered in a layer of ice. What
type of precipitation was that?
a)Snow
b)Sleet
c)Hail
d)Freezing rain
d) Freezing rain
Why do
hurricanes not
occur during the
winter and spring
months?
Hurricanes (and typhoons)
form over warm ocean
water. The water is not
warm enough in the winter
and spring for the storms
to form.
What is the
difference
between a
hurricane watch
and a hurricane
warning?
A watch means that a
hurricane is possible (be
on alert) and a warning
means that a hurricane
exists and could affect you
(take action).
What is the name
for the boundary
or line between
two air masses?
front
Air masses that form
over land and have dry
air are called…
a) Polar
b) Continental
c) Tropical
d) Maritime
b) Continental
You are planning a picnic,
which type of event
would you hope occurs?
a) Low pressure
b) Cold front
c) Stationary front
d) High pressure
d) High pressure
Which tool might a
meteorologist use to
follow the path of a
weather front?
a) Rain gauge
b) Radar
c) Ground station
d) Weather buoy
b) Radar
Cirrus and other high
altitude clouds might
indicate that a __________
front is coming.
a) Occluded
b) Stationary
c) Warm
d) Cold
c) Warm
What type of front
is represented by
this symbol?
Cold front
There is a high pressure
system approaching NC
from the west. What type of
weather should we expect?
High pressure
systems bring calm
skies and clear
weather.
Which type of weather
technology gives us
information about
clouds?
a)Ground station
b)Weather buoy
c)Satellite
d)Barometer
c) Satellite
If you launched a weather
balloon, which information
would you be gathering?
a)Air temperature
b)Storm surge levels
c)Water temperature
d)Wind speed of a
hurricane
a) Air temperature
A meteorologist making
observations about a hurricane
notices that the pressure inside
the hurricane is getting lower.
What do you expect to happen?
a) Hurricane will weaken
b) Hurricane will disappear
c) Hurricane will change
direction
d) Hurricane will strengthen
d) Hurricane will
strengthen
Wind is caused by air
moving from areas of …
a) High pressure to low
pressure
b) Low pressure to high
pressure
c) Hot air to cold air
d) Cold air to hot air
a) High pressure to
low pressure
The Coriolis effect explains
why….
a) Winds travel in straights
paths
b) Wind always travel west to
east in the U.S.
c) Winds travel in curved
paths
d) Winds don’t blow air
upward, only sideways
c) Winds travel in
curved paths
__________ is the
water vapor in the
air.
Humidity is the water
vapor in the air.
Which of the following
might increase the amount
of acid rain in an area?
a) Recycling bottles and
cans
b) Driving cars
c) Conserving electricity
d) Using fewer pesticides
b) Driving cars
Air pressure is caused by…
a) The motion of air
molecules
b) Air changing from gas to
liquid
c) Air changing from liquid
to gas
d) Precipitation
a) The motion of air
molecules