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19 Cards in this Set
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Air Mass
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Air pressure at any given height
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tropical
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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 degrees north latitude and south of 50 degrees latitude
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maritime
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air masses form over oceans
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continental
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air masses form over land
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front
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the boundary where the air masses meet
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occluded
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warm air mass is cut off
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cyclone
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swirling center of low air pressure
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anticyclones
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high pressure centers of dry air
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storm
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violent disturbence in the atmosphere
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thunderstorm
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small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning
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lightning
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sudden spark, or electrical discharge
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tornado
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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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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 the hurricane lands
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evacuate
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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 joining places on the map that have the same air pressure
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isotherms
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lines joining places that have the same temperature
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