Science - Weather Vocabulary Words

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Airmass

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A huge body of air that has similar temperature, pressure,
and humidity throughout.

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Tropical

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A warm air mass that forms in the Tropics and has low air pressure.

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Polar

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A cold air mass that forms north of fifty degrees north latitude or south of fifty degrees south latitude and has high air pressure.

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Occluded

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Cut-off,as the warm air mass at a occluded front is cut-off from the ground by cooler air beneath it.

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Anticyclone

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a high pressure center of dry air.

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lightning

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a sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud and the ground.

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Hurricane

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A tropical storm that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour of higher; typically about 600 kilometers across.

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Evacuate

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to move away temporarily

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Meteorologists

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Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it.

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Isobar

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Lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure.

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Climate

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The average,year-after-year conditions of temperature,precipitation,winds,and clouds in an area.

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Humid subtropical

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A wet and warm climate area on the edge of the tropics.

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Permafrost

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permanently frozen soil found in the tundra climate region.

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Greenhouse gas

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gas in the atmosphere that trap heat.

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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 area where air masses meet and do not mix .

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Cyclone

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A swirling center of low air pressure.

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Storm

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A violent disturbance in the atmosphere

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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, usually leaving a destructive path