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scirnce vocab
vocab words
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air mass | a large body of air covering hundreds or thousands of square kilometers, that has the same temp. humidity, and pressure |
source reigon | in meterology, a reigon where air masses form |
warm air mass | an air mass that is warmer then the ground below it |
cold air mass | an air mass that is cooler thennthe air below it |
stationary front | a point who two air masses come in contact but neither of them advance |
warm front | the advancing surface of a warm air mass as it pushes over a cool air mass |
cold front | the advancing surface of a cold air mass as it puyshes under a warm air mass |
squall line | lina of violent thunder storms that sometimes accompany a advancing cold front |
occluded front | a warm mass that is trapped between two cold air masses and the warm air gets pushed over the cold air masses |
monsoon | a reigonal wind system that reverses periodicaly and causes major rain |
presure graidiant force | the horizontal force exerted on a mass of air that has a higher pressure then on the other side |
geostrophic wind | high altitude wind is controled be relative influence of the p[ressure gradiant froce and coriolis affect |
cyclone | tornado |