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This 30-card flashcard set covers severe weather systems for eighth-grade earth science. Topics include air masses and fronts, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, the Saffir-Simpson scale, Doppler radar, and winter storms. Use it for weather system vocabulary, storm safety review, or exam preparation during a meteorology or severe weather unit.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Earth Science
Grade Level:
8th Grade
Updated August 2024

Terms in This Set

  • When 2 air masses meet
  • Where do air masses get their temperature and humidity?
  • What keeps virtually the same weather?
  • cold front
  • warm front
  • occulded front
  • What does convection form in the Great Plains?
  • convergence
  • orographic lifting
  • What does the hook on the doppler radar show?
  • What has the highest windspeed?
  • What is a noreaster?
  • Cumulonimbus clouds
  • How to calculate lightning distance using the sound of thunder?
  • What is the worst thing to do during storm?
  • What forms tornadoes?
  • The Saffir Simpson scale measures
  • Windspeed and updraft together makes a tornado more
  • What do tropical storms get?
  • The eye wall has what kind of winds?
  • What can impact the path of a hurricane?
  • What is the largest hurricane hazard?
  • What is the worst thing to do during a dangerous strong storm?
  • What makes the weather forecast more accurate?
  • winterstorms
  • thunderstorms
  • tornadoes
  • hurricanes
  • Air masses from different source regions
  • 4 types of sever storms

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