17&18 vocabulary1 Word Scramble
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air mass | huge body of air that has similar temerature, humidity and air pressure without |
tropical | warm air mass that forms in the tropics |
polar | cold, air masses form north of 50° north latitude and south of 50° south latitude |
maritime | humid air mass that forms over oceans |
front | area where air masses meet and do not mix |
continental | dry air mass that forms over land |
occluded | warm air mass is cut off from the ground |
cyclones | swirling center of low air pressure |
anticyclones | high-pressure center of dry air |
storm | viloent disturbance in the atmosphere |
lightning | sudden spark, or energy discharge |
tornado | rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm dow to touch Earth's surface |
hurricane | tropical storm that has winds of 119km per hour or higher |
storm surge | dome of water that sweeps across the coast where the hurricane lands |
evacuate | move away temporarily |
flash flood | sudden violent flood that occurs within a few hours or even minutes of a storm |
meteroligists | scientes who study the causes of the weather and try to perdict it |
isobars | lines joining place on the map that have the same air pressure |
isotherms | lines joing places on the map that have the same temerature |
climate | average year-after-year conditions of temerature, precipitation,winds, and clouds in an area |
windward | side of mountains |
leeward | downwide side of mountains |
El Nino | abnormal climate change that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the pacific Ocean |
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