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mccormick weather
Chapter 12 sect. 2 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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barometer | instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure |
air mass | large body of air that has the same characteristics of temperature and moisture content as the part of the Earth's surface over which is formed |
front | boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, density, or moisture; can be cold, warm, occluded, and stationary. |
tornado | violent, whirling windstorm that crosses land in a narrow path and can result from wind shears inside a thunderhead |
hurricane | large severe storm that forms over tropical oceans, has winds of at least 120 km/h, and loses power when it reaches land. |
blizzard | winter storm that lasts at least three hours with temperatures of -12 C or below, poor visibility, and winds of at least 51 km/h. |