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15 Cards in this Set
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air mass
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A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height
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tropics
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warm air masses form in the tropics and have low air pressure
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polar
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cold air masses form north of 50° north latitude and south of 50° south latitude. Polar air masses have high air pressure
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maritime
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A humid air mass that forms over oceans
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continental
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A dry air mass that forms over land
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front
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The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix
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occluded
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Cut off, as in a front where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses
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cyclone
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A swirling center of low air pressure
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anticyclone
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A high-pressure center of dry air
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storm
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a violent disturbance in the atmosphere
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thunder storm
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a small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning
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lighting
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A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground
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tornado
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a rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth’s surface
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hurricane
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a tropical cyclone that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher
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storm surge
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A “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands
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