Air Masses/Tornadoes

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

• continental polar

• cp

• maritime polar

• ct

• continental tropical

• mp

• maritime tropical

• mt

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 Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Maritime Polar

• Continental 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.

• Maritime Polar

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

• Continental Tropical

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

• Continental Polar

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

• Maritime Tropical

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

• Continental Arctic

• This is above Continental Polar

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

• Squall

• a rapid movement around and around
  

• Mesocyclone

• storms that contain updrafts that rotate

• Whirl

• A sudden violent gust of wind or a local

• Supercells

• A group of storms arranged in a line

• Squall Line

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-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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