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| Giant cyclonic windstorms that form over tropical or subtropical oceans. |
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| True or False: Tornadoes occur only in the United States. |
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| What is another name for tornadoes? |
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| What are tornadoes that occur over water called? |
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| An air mass is a huge mass of air that has uniform temperature and humidity. |
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| What are the four different types of fronts? |
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-Stationary Front
-Moving Front
-Cold and Warm Front
-Occulted Front |
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| A line of violent thunderstorms |
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| Name the four types of lightening... |
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-Heat Lightning
-Steeped Leader Lightning
-Return Strokes Lightning
-Forked Lightning |
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| Lightning is an electric discharge between the cloud and the ground. |
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| What is an electrical storm? |
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| A large number or electrical bolts in a short period of time |
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| A narrow funnel cloud extending down from a cumulonimbus cloud |
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| What part of the tornado is the most destructive part? |
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| What is the rating scale that is used to rate tornadoes called? |
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| What are the five types of winds? |
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-High Altitude Winds
-Surface Winds
-Local Winds
-Global Winds
-Vertical Winds |
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| What are geostrophic winds that move from a high pressure area to a low pressure area? |
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| Short distance pressure differences |
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| List three types of local winds... |
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-Sea Breeze
-Land Breeze
-Mountain Breeze |
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| What are three factors that can work together to determine wind speed and direction? |
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-Horizontal Atmospheric Pressure Differences
-Coriolis Effect
-Friction |
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| In the Northern Hemisphere, in what direction do cyclonic systems rotate? |
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| Counter-clockwise direction |
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| List three types of storms. |
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| Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes |
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| Approximatively how many tornadoes occur in the United States each year? |
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| True or False: Houses in the path or a tornado can explode due to the low pressure within the funnel. |
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| What is the center of a hurricane called? |
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