Severe Weather

destructive rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds, is visible as a funnel shaped cloud and touches the ground.

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• snow storm

warm air mass replaces cold air causing light moderate rain followed by warmer weather.

• cold front

• warm front

• occluded front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

electric discharge between two opposite charged particles

• thunder

• lightning

• electricity

• power

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

huge rotating storms that form over the ocean near the equator producing strong winds, heavy rains causing severe flooding, damage from strong winds.

• air mass

• tornado

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass neither is moving, brings many days of cloudy, wet weather.

• occluded front

• warm front

• stationary front

• cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean causing changes in winds, currents and weather patterns that can lead to dramatic climate change.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• global warming

• greenhouse effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

wet warm air mass that forms over water

• continental polar air mass

• maritime polar air mass

• maritime tropical air mass

• continental tropical air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

cold air moves under warm air causing rain, storms; cooler weather follows

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the boundary where two air masses meet causing a violent disturbance in the atmosphere

• warm air mass

• front

• cold air mass

• occluded air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

wet cold air mass forms over water

• maritime tropical air mass

• continental tropical air mass

• maritime polar air mass

• continental polar air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5