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10 Cards in this Set
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Tropical
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A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure
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Continental
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A dry air mass that forms over land
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Maritime
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A humid air mass that forms over oceans
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Polar
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A cold air mass that forms north of 50º north latitude or south of 50º south latitude and has high air pressure
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Warm Front
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A warm air mass overtakes a slow moving cold air mass
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Cold Front
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A fast moving cold air mass overtakes a warm mass
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Stationary Front
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Cold and warm air masses meet, but neither can move the other
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Occluded Front
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A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses
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Isobars
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A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure
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Isotherms
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A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature
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