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17 Cards in this Set
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Condition in the atmosphere at a certain place and time
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Weather
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An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time
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Climate
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Three things climate is based on
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Temperature, amount of precipitation and air pressure
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Cool air _____________.
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Sinks
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Warm air _______________.
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Rises
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Air masses move from areas of high __________ to low ________.
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Pressure
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Used to measure air pressure
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Barometer
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Weather system that produces stormy weather
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Low-pressure system
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Weather system that produces fair weather
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High-pressure system
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Air above land warms and cools ___________ than air above the ocean.
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faster
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Boundary between two air masses of different densities
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Front
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Associated with very cloudy conditions and precipitation
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Warm fronts
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Associated with clouds, showers and thunderstorms
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Cold fronts
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Relatively short-lived weather systems that accompany cold fronts
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Thunderstorms
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Violent, whirling columns of air in contact with the ground
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Tornadoes
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Violent, damaging thunderstorm winds that are concentrated in a local area
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Downbursts
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Large, rotating low-pressure storms that get their energy from the evaporation of warm ocean water and the release of heat
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Hurricanes
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