Air Masses/Tornadoes

Match the following abbreviations with the full term it goes with.

• maritime polar

• mp

• maritime tropical

• cp

• continental polar

• mt

• continental tropical

• ct

Reorder the following in order of

1. 1. Cold, dry, stable

2. 2. cool, moist, unstable

3. 3. hot, dry, stable air up high, unstable surface air

4. 4. warm, moist, unstable

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

We know four of the air masses well, choose the answer below that best represents that fifth air mass.

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Arctic

• Continental Polar

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following air masses with the best description.

• Continental Polar

• This is over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans where it's cold

• Maritime Tropical

• This is above Continental Polar

• Continental Arctic

• This is over the southwestern US where it's hot

• Maritime Polar

• This is over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans where it's hot

• Continental Tropical

• This is over the Northern US where it's cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Choose the words that best describe a tornado.

• rapidly

• group

• line

• whirling

• funnel

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A tornado that occurs over a lake or ocean is called a

Match the following terms with the best descriptions. Match the ones you know first!!

• tube-like shape wind vortex

• Whirl

• A sudden violent gust of wind or a local

• Squall Line

• storms that contain updrafts that rotate

• Squall

• a rapid movement around and around
  

• Mesocyclone

• A group of storms arranged in a line

• Supercells

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

For it to be humid outside, that means there's a lot of what in the air?

• transpiration

• tornadoes

• cold air

• water vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

To move or fall downward is to ​ (a)  

• descend
• whirl
• humid
• tornado

After a tornado hits, the remains of anything broken down or destroyed are called what?

• leftovers

• stuff

• debris

• things