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ch.17 vocab. words
Question | Answer |
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a huge body of air that has similar temperature ,pressure,& humidity | air mass |
a warm air mass that forms in the tropics & has low air pressure | tropical |
a cold air mass that forms north of 50 digres north latude or south of50 digress south latude & has high air pressure | polar |
a humid air mass that foms over oceans | maritime |
the area where air masses meet & do not mix | front |
a dry air mass that forms over land | continental |
cut of,as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneth it | occluded |
a swiriling center of low air pressure | cyclone |
a high pressure center of dry air | anticyclone |
a vilonte disturbance in the atmosphere | storm |
a sudden spark,or energy discharge,caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud,& the ground | lighting |
a rapidly wirling,funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from from a storm cloud th toch earth surface,usually leaving a destructeve path | tornadow |
a tropical storm that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher | huricane |
a dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands | storm surge |
to move away temporarily | evacuate |
a sudden vilonte flood that occours within a few hours or even muinets of a heavy rainstorm | flash flood |
scientists who study the causes of wether & try to predict it | meterologist |
an abnormal climate event that occors every 2-7 years in the pasific ocean causing changes in winds,current,& wether patterns that can lead to dramatic climate changes | el nino |
lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure | isobars |
lines on a map joining places with the same temperature | isotherems |
the avarage year after year conditions of temperature,precipitation,winds,& clouds in an area | climate |
the side of mountains that faces the oncoming winds | windword |
the downwind side of mountains | leeword |