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chapter 17 vocab sc
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Occluded | Cutoff, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cutoff from the ground by cooler air beneath it. |
Lightining | A sudden spark, or energy, caused when electric charge jumps between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground |
Tornado | A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud to touch Earth's surface, usually leaving a destructive part |
Hurricane | A tropical storm that has wind of 119km per hour or higher, typically about 600km |
El nino | An abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in winds,currents and weather patterns that can lead to dramatic climate changes |
Climate | The average year-after-year conditions of temperature precipitation,winds and clouds in an area |
Storm surge | A dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands |
Flash flood | A sudden, violent flood that occurs within a few hours or even minuet, of heavy rain storm |
Tropical | A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure |
Polar | Cold air masses that form north of 50 degrees north latitude and has air pressure |
Air mass | A huge body of air that has similar temperature,pressure and humidity throughout |
Meteorologist | Scientist who study the cause of weather and try to predict it |
Maritime | A humid air mass that forms over oceans |
Wind ward | The side of mountains that faces the oncoming wind |
Isotherm | Lines on a map joining places that have the same temperature |
Isobar | Lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure |
Continental | A dry air that forms over land |
Front | The area were air masses meet and don't mix |
Cyclones | A swirling center of low air pressure |
Anticyclones | A high pressure center of dry air |
Storm | A violent disturbance in the atmosphere |
Evacuate | To move away temporarily |
Lee ward | The down side of mountains |