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Illustrate the water cycle. Include the sun, evaporation, condensation and precipitation. |
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Illustrate a land breeze, and describe the movement of warm and cold air. When does it occur? |
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Illustrate a sea breeze, and describe the movement of warm and cold air. When does it occur? |
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Define and illustrate a front. |
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A front is when air masses of different temperature, pressure, and humidity collide causing changes in weather. [image] |
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In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur? |
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In the troposhpere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere. |
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Diagram weather symbols including a cold front, warm front, stationary front, and occluded front. How do we know which way the front is moving on a weather map? |
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Why does a hurricane form? |
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Forms when warm, moist air rises over tropical waters causing a massive, rotating storm (vortex) |
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When and where do most tornadoes occur? |
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Tornadoes occur when moist, warm air meets dry, cold air causing a rotating storm (vortex). Most tornadoes occur in U.S. in Tornado Alley. |
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