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19 Cards in this Set
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air mass |
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height |
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tropical air mass |
A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure |
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polar air mass |
A cold air mass that forms north 50* north latitude or south of 50* south latitude and has high air pressure. |
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maritime air mass |
A humid air mass that forms over oceans |
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continential air mass |
A dry air mass that forms over land |
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front |
The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix |
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occluded front |
Cut off, as in a front where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses |
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cyclone |
A swirling center of low air pressure |
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anticyclone |
A high pressure center of dry air |
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storm |
A violent disturbence in the atmosphere |
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tornado |
A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface |
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evacuate |
To move away quickly |
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thunderstorm |
A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipatation and frequent thunder and lightning |
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hurricane |
A tropical storm that has winds of about 119 kilometer per hour or higher |
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lightning |
A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground |
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storm surge |
A 'dome' of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands |
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meteorologist |
Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it |
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isobar |
A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure |
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isotherm |
A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature |
