Weather patterns Study guide
*Be able to identify the cloud types if given pictures
Cumulus fog/ Stratus cirrus altostratus cirrostratus altocumulus nimbostratus cumulonimbus stratocumulus cirrocumulus
Matching: draw a line connecting the term with description
Sleet 0 0 Formed in thunderstorm clouds where rain and snow can coexist
Snow 0 0 Can start off as a liquid or a solid, and lands as a liquid.
Freezing Rain 0 0 Crystals do not pass through a surface of warm air.
Rain 0 0 Partially melts in a thin warm layer of air and refreezes before hitting
the surface.
Hail 0 0 Liquid water hits ground and freezes.
Fill In or Answer
11. Which type of air mass forms over cold, and dry areas?CP
12. What type of air masses bring warm temperatures and cloudy skies. MT
13. Maritime Polar air masses form over cold/moist areas.
14. Tornadoes are classified on which scales? fujita
15. Hurricanes are classified on which scales? Saffir-simpson
16. List 3 things that CAN be caused by thunderstorms? Flash floods, lightning, hail
17. Wind always flows from high pressure to low pressure
18. Summers in the Southwest United States are hot and dry because of what air mass? CT
19. The eye is the low-pressure area of a hurricane.
20. Thunder is the rapid heating of the air around a lightning bolt.
Use the diagrams below to answer the following questions
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