Chapter 3 II Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Air mass | Single body of air that has a constant temperature, humidity, and pressure, throughout. |
Tropical | Warm air |
Polar | Cool air |
Maritime | Oceanic |
Continental | Land |
Front | Area where two air masses meet |
Occluded | Cut off |
Cyclone | Spiraling movement of air that has low pressure |
Anticyclone | Cyclone with high pressure |
Storm | Violent disturbance in the atmosphere |
thunderstorm | storm with heavy precipitation and has thunder and lightning |
lightning | electrical discharges within clouds |
tornado | rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud |
hurricane | powerful tropical cyclone |
storm surge | dome of water that moves across the land with a hurricane |
evacuate | move away |
Meteorologists | scientists who predict weather |
Isobars | lines joining places on the map that hve the same air pressure |
Isotherm | lines joining areas on the map that have equal temperature |
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