Weather Review

Which best describes a stratus cloud?

• Fluffy clouds high in the sky.

• Flat layers close to the Earth.

• Feathery clouds high in the sky.

What type of weather will you see along a cold front?

• Thunderstorms

• Sunny skies

• Gentle rain

• No weather

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A cumulus cloud is thick, white, and fluffy.

• True

• False

On a weather map, what symbol represents a warm front?

• Blue triangles

• Blue half circles

• Red triangles

• Red half circles

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What are tornadoes?

• a storm with thunder and lighting and typically also heavy rain or hail

• a storm that can be the same as thunderstorms, but can be even more dangerous

• a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and beneath a large storm system.

• a huge storm with strong winds and storm surges

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A severe storm that involves high winds over 119 ph and forms over water is:

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• blizzard

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Hurricane season starts in ______ and goes to _______?

• April- August

• June- November

• December- March

• March- May

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These can be produced by thunderstorms

• stationary fronts

• tornadoes

• volcanoes

• tsunamis

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In the United States air masses are moved by prevailing __________

• westerlies and cold fronts

• westerlies and jet streams

• warm air and Canadian fronts

• Hurricanes

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In the United States air masses that form over water are called ____

• polar

• isobar

• Maritime

• thunderstorm

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