Weather & Tides

Question	Answer
What is the name of the tide when there are two high and two low waters each tidal day?	Semidiurnal tide
What is the name of the tide when there is only a single high and single low water each tidal day?	Diurnal tide
What tide occurs when the moon and sun are in line and pulling together, as at new and fool moon?	Spring tide
What tide occurs when the moon and sun oppose each other, as at the quadratures?	Neap tide
An air mass that forms over land is referred to as _____.	Continental
An air mass that forms over water is referred to as _____.	Maritime
What are the four regions where air masses form?	Equitorial - Tropical - Polar - Arctic/Antarctic
What occurs when the faster moving cold front overtakes the warm front?	Occluded Front
In a planet's orbit, the point closest to the sun is called _____.	Perihelion
In a planet's orbit, the point furthest from the sun is called _____.	Aphelion
A tropical depression has maximum sustained wind speeds of up to _____ mph.	38
A tropical storm has maximum sustained wind speeds between _____ and _____ mph.	39 and 73
A hurricane has maximum sustained wind speeds of _____ mph and above.	74

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	Created by Joshua Vance about 8 years ago