Chapter 16 Section 2 Review Questions
1. Why is fair
weather common
during periods of
high pressure?
2. Describe how a
cold front affects
weather?
3. What causes
thunder and
lightening?
4. Compare and
contrast a watch
and a warning. How
can you keep safe
during a tornado
warning?
1. Clouds can’t form in the
descending air of a high
pressure system.
2. Thunderstorms are
common, hail or tornadoes
may form
3. Lightning is a current flow
between areas of opposite
electrical charge. Thunder
results from the rapid heating
of air around the lightening
bold.
4. Watch: Conditions favorable
for severe weather.
Warning: Severe weather
exists; take shelter in the
basement or a room away from
the
windows.
5. Explain why The strongest storms form at
some fronts
the steepest frontal boundaries.
produce
stronger
storms than
others?