storms- 17&18.1 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
a huge body of air that has similar temperature,pressure, and humidity throughout | air mass |
A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure | tropical |
A cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north latitude or south of 50 degrees south | polar |
A humid air mass formed over the ocean. | maritime |
the area where air masses meet and do not mix | front |
A dry air mass that forms over land | continental |
cut,as the warm at an occluded front is cut off off from ground by cooler air beneath it. | occlueded |
A swirling center of low pressure | cyclones |
High pressure center of dry air | Anticyclones |
a scientist who studies the causes of weather and try to predict it | meterologist |
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 climate changes | el nino |
Lines on a map joining place that have the same air temperature | Isobar |
lines on a map joining places that have the same temperature | Isotherms |
A violent disturbince in the atmosphere | Storm |
A sudden spark, or energy or discharge, caused when electrical charges jumps between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and ground | lightning |
A rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch earth's surface, usually leaving a destructive path | tornado |
A tropical storm that has winds of 119 klm. per hour or higher; typically about 600 klm. across | hurricane |
A dome of water that sweeps the coast where a hurricane lands | storm surge |
to move away temporarily | Evacuate |
A sudden, violent flood that occurs within a few hours, or even a few minutes, of a heavy rainstorm | flash flood |
the average, year after year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds | climate |
the sides of mountains that face oncoming wind | windward |
the down sides of mountains | leeward |
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