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8 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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what is a front?
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narrow transition zone between air masses that differ in temperature, humidity, or both
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2 types of fronts?
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cold and warm
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how are they formed:
warm front? |
warm-warm air mass advances by gliding up and over a retreating cold mass. this causes the cold air to wedge and push the warm air forward.
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how are they formed:
cold front? |
cold-cold air advances by sliding under and pushing up the less dense warm air and pushes the cold front forward.
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types of pressure systems?
alternate names? |
High and Low
Anticyclone and Clyclone |
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weather?
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state of the atmosphere at some place and time, described in terms of variables such as temperature, humidity, cloudiness, precipitation, wind speed/direction.
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Meteorology?
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The study of the atmosphere and the process that causes weather
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Climate?
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Weather conditions at some locally averaged over a specified period of time
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