Science Test Study Guide

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Science Test Study Guide

• Weather
• Science Ch. 5 (Green)

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Terms

• Dew point
• Sleet
• Fog
• Humidity
• Wind
• Weather
• Temperature
• Clouds
• Precipitation
• Relative humidity

• Air mass
• Front
• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Blizzard
• Meteorologist
• Station model
• Isotherm
• Isobar
• Wall cloud

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Know Your Clouds
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Other Weather Stuff

• What causes lightning and thunder?
• What is sleet?
• Along what kind of front do you find low pressure
  and violent weather?
• Label the air masses (next slide)

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Six Major Air Masses
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What Does this Mean?
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Essays

1. How do tornadoes develop from thunderstorms?
2. Why are fronts helpful in predicting weather?
3. What should you do if there is a storm warning?
4. How do variations in atmospheric pressure affect
   the weather?
5. What are some ways data are collected for weather
   maps and forecasts?