WEATHER WEATHER PATTERNS-Section 2

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WEATHER WEATHER PATTERNS-Section 2

• DEFINE
• AIR MASS
• FRONT
• TORNADO
• HURRICANE
• BLIZZARD

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WEATHER WEATHER PATTERNS- Section 2

• CLASSIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AIR MASSES
  ACCORDING TO WHERE THEY DEVELOP BY COMPLETING THE
  TABLE BELOW.

TROPICS POLAR REGIONS
LAND
WATER
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WEATHER WEATHER PATTERNS- Section 2

• MODEL the direction in which winds blow in high-
  and low- pressure systems of the northern
  hemisphere. Use arrows to draw the direction the
  winds move. Then describe the weather associated
  with the each.
• COMPARE and describe the four types of fronts.

Type Description




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WEATHER WEATHER PATTERNS- Section 2

• Organize the information on severe
• weather by completing the Venn diagram
• using the list of items below.
• May be accompanied by damaging hail
• occurs in warm, moist air masses along fronts
• Pose danger to people, structures, and animals
• violently rotating column of air in contact with
  ground
• Measured by the Fujita scale
• heavy rains can cause flooding
• The most powerful type of storm
• turns heat from ocean into wind

Tornado
All
Thunderstorm
Hurricane