Weather Study Guide
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Weather Study Guide Cumulus Cumulonimbus Stratocumulus Cirrocumulus Nimbostratus Cirrostratus Cirrus Wind Westerlies Easterlies Jet Streams Sea Breeze Coriolis Effect Front Stationary Front Occluded Front Thunderstorms Tornadoes Hurricanes Updraft Air Masses Continental Tropical Stratus Trade Winds Monsoons Warm Front Cold Front Thunder Downdraft Continental Polar Land Breeze Lightning Wind Shear Maritime Tropical Maritime Polar Short Answer Questions 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) What are the main characteristics of Cumulus, Stratus, and Cirrus clouds? Why do winds occur? Compare and contrast trade winds, easterlies, and westerlies. How are jet streams different from the other types of global winds? How does the coriolis effect impact the global winds? What type of monsoon brings precipitation over the land and why? Explain the different between land and sea breezes. How are monsoons, land, and sea breezes related? What are the similarities between the different types of fronts? How do the different types of air masses impact fronts? Why must you have lightning in order to have thunder? Why does understanding how thunderstorms form help understand how tornadoes and hurricanes are formed? Weather Study Guide Cumulus Cumulonimbus Stratocumulus Cirrocumulus Nimbostratus Cirrostratus Cirrus Wind Westerlies Easterlies Jet Streams Sea Breeze Coriolis Effect Front Stationary Front Occluded Front Thunderstorms Tornadoes Hurricanes Updraft Air Masses Continental Tropical Stratus Trade Winds Monsoons Warm Front Cold Front Thunder Downdraft Continental Polar Land Breeze Lightning Wind Shear Maritime Tropical Maritime Polar Short Answer Questions 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) What are the main characteristics of Cumulus, Stratus, and Cirrus clouds? Why do winds occur? Compare and contrast trade winds, easterlies, and westerlies. How are jet streams different from the other types of global winds? How does the coriolis effect impact the global winds? What type of monsoon brings precipitation over the land and why? Explain the different between land and sea breezes. How are monsoons, land, and sea breezes related? What similarities between the different types of fronts? How do the different types of air masses impact fronts? Why must you have lightning in order to have thunder? Why does understanding how thunderstorms form help understand how tornadoes and hurricanes are formed?
