Weather

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When cold air replaces retreating warm air

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Cold front

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When warm air replaces retreating cold air

Back 2

Warm front

Front 3

This weather always happens when a cold front replaces a warm front

Back 3

Violent thunderstorms, hail, straight-line winds with colder weather

Front 4

This weather always happens when a warm front replaces a cold front

Back 4

Light to moderate rain with warmer weather

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A person that studies the atmosphere for weather patterns.

Back 5

Meteorologists

Front 6

This front has to where the weather does not change until another front comes to move it. The weather will stay whatever it is.

Back 6

Stationary Front

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This front has cold air pushing warm air up out of the way producing light rain or snow.

Back 7

Occluded Front

Front 8

This tool is used to measure air pressure

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Barometer or anemometer

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This tool is used to measure wind speed and wind direction.

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Wind Vane

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This is produced by convection in the atmosphere

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Wind

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This causes the ocean currents to be different temperatures

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The sun and the Earth tilted on an axis

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This type of current comes from the Pole regions

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Cold current

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This type of current comes from the Equator region

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Warm current

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This type of water is required to drive the energy behind a hurricane.

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Warm ocean water from the equator

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The closer the isobar lines are on a map the ________ the wind speed.

Back 15

Faster

Front 16

What type of ocean current would cool down the west coast of America?

Back 16

Cold ocean current

Front 17

What type of front just came through A?

Back 17

Cold Front