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26 Cards in this Set
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What does MT stand for?
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Marine Tropical(Tropic)
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What causes weather?
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the sun and the axis tilt at 23 1/2 degrees
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What is it called when gas is turned into a solid?
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sublimation
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What is the Lake Effect?
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acts like a marine polar, with no abreaveation
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Where are most weather shelters found?
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airports
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What is a stationary front?
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When a warm front collides with a cool front and there is no movement
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Warm air rises or falls?
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rises
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How does it rain?
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Water vapor builds up in the sky and hits cold air and then the water vapor turns into water and fallas from the sky
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What is the biggest factor of rain?
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temperature
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What is temperature?
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the measurement of heat
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What is heat?
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the measurement of motion
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What is a cloud?
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condensation
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What does S-L mean?
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melting
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L-G
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Boiling
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L-S
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freezing
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G-L
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condensation
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What is hail made out of?
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ice
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What are the four clouds?
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cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus
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What are storm clouds called?
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cumulonimbus
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What is a sling ssychrometer used for measuring?
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humidity
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What are the five measureable weather parameters?
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humidity, wind speed, percipitation, temperature, pressure
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What is an Anemometer?
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a measurement used to measure wind speed
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What are the three states of matter?
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Solid, liquid, gas
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What is climate?
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The changes in the atmosphere over a larger area, over a longer period of time
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What is weather?
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The changes in the atmospher over a local or a small area, over a smaller amount of time(hours)
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What is the scientific word for sky?
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atmosphere
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