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28 Cards in this Set
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Describe Cirrus
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Thin and White
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Describe Cumulus
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Heap Pile
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Describe Stratus
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Layered
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What is a warm Front?
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forms when mass of warm air moves over a mass of cool air
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What is a cold Front?
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Forms when cold air mass meets and pushes under a warm air mass
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What is a Occluded Front?
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Forms when cold front overtakes a warm front
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What is a Stationary Front?
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Forms when warm air mass meets a cold air mass and no movement occurs
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Local Winds-
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Blows over small area's and can blow in any direction
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Global Winds-
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Blows over big area's and only blows in one direction
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Condesation-
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The process of water changing from a vapor to a liquid
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Precipitation-
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Water being released from clouds as rain, sleet, snow or hail
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Infiltration-
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when a portion of water seeps into the ground adding to groundwater.
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RunnOff
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Precipitation that reaches the surface of the earth but does not infiltrate the soil
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Evapotraspiration
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Water evaporating from the ground and transpiration by plants
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Weather-
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The dials condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time
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Climate-
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General conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time
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Why is Infiltration important?
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Because it goes in the ground and the soil varies with the degree of land slope, the amount and type of vegetation soil, and trype of rock
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Polar maritime-
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cool moist
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Tropical maritime
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warm moist
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polar continental
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bitterly cold, dry
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tropical continental
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hot dry
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What is the Coriolis Effect?
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high and low pressures
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Sea Breeze
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flow of cooler sea air to the warmer land
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Land Breeze
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flow of cooler land air to the warmer sea
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Monsoon
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major land and sea breeze cause rainy and dry season: seasonal wind
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Prevalling Westerlies
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Strong wind that blow from the west between 30-60 degreese latitdue
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Trade winds
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global wind that blows nearly all of the time in tropical areas (warm steady winds)
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Polar Esterlies
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cold, weak winds: occur north of 60 degrees latitude and south of 60 degreese laditude
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