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Catastrophic Events

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TermDefinition
Maritime Tropical Air Mass air mass that is over oceans,temperature is warm,and humidity is moist
Continental Tropical Air Mass air mass that is over land,temperature is warm,and humidity is dry
Continental Polar Air Mass air mass that is over land,temperature is cold,and humidity is dry
Maritime Polar Air Mass air mass that is over water,temperature is cold,and humidity is moist
weather the atmosphere at a certain time and place
climate the atmosphere over a long period of time
cold front forms when cold air moves underneath warm air, forcing the warm air to rise
warm front forms when warm air moves over cold air
stationary front forms when cold and warm air masses meet but neither one has enough force to move the other
occluded front forms when a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses
air mass a huge body of air that has similar temperature ,humidity,and air pressure at any given height
fronts the boundary where air masses meet becomes
cyclone a swirling center of low air pressure "also called a low"
anti_cyclone high-pressure centers of dry air
Created by: 1965120436
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