Topic+8+Weather+Patterns+and+Severe+Storms

=Chapter 20: Weather Patterns and Severe Storms=

= **Section 1** = __Big Idea:__ Explain how air masses are characterized and how they effect weather. __Vocabulary:__ air mass __Notes:__ __Review Questions:__ 1.) What is an air mass? 2.) What happens as an air mass moves over an area? 3.) How are air masses classified? 4.) Which types of air masses have the greatest effect on weather in North America? 5.) Why do continental tropical air masses have little effect on the weather of North America? 6.) Compare and contrast the four types of air masses.
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= **Section 2** = __Big Idea:__ Describe the different types of fronts and the weather patterns associated with each. __Vocabulary:__ front, warm front, cold front, stationary front, occluded front __Notes:__ __Review Questions:__ 1.)What happens when two air masses meet? 2.) How does a warm front form? 3.) What is a cold front? 4.) What is a stationary front? 5.) What are teh stages in the formation of an occluded front? 6.) What is a middle lattitude cyclone? 7.) What causes a middle latitude cyclone yo sustain itself?
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= **Section 3** = __Big Idea:__ Explain the conditions necessary to form all of the different types of severe storms. __Vocabulary:__ thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane, eye wall, eye, storm surge __Notes:__ __Review Questions:__ 1.)What is a thunderstorm? 2.) What causes a thunderstorm? 3.) What is a tornado? 4.) How does a tornado form? 5.) What is a hurricane? 6.) How does a hurricane form
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