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Science Chapter 3&4
Weather Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A Large, puffy cloud | Cumulus |
| A low, flat cloud that often brings a drizzle | Stratus |
| A thin, flat cloud made up of ice cristals high in the sky | Cirrus |
| A large body of air that has about the same temperature through out. | Air Mass |
| A human made device in space that takes pictures of Earth's weather | Weather Satellite |
| A pearson who makes weather predictions or reaports weather conditions | Weather Forcaster |
| A mass of tiny droplets of water | Clouds |
| The place where two air mass meet | Front |
| The leading edge of a cold air mass that forms as the cold air mass moves into a warm air mass | Cold Front |
| The leading edge of a warm air mass that forms as the warm air mass moves into a cold air mass | Warm Front |
| A storm that produces lighning and thunder | Thunder storm |
| A Sudden, violent flood | Flash Flood |
| A large violent storm | Hurricane |
| ? | Tornado |
| An imaginary line threw the middle of the Earth | Axis |
| An imaginary line circling the Earth | Equator |
| The half of the Earth north of the Equator | N.Hemisphere |
| The half of the earth south of the Equator | S.Hemisphere |
| A period of time when glaciers covered much of the Earth | Ice Age |
| The average weather conditions of an area over a long period of time | Climate |
| A hot, rainy climate | Tropicale Climate |
| A climate that is genarlly warm | Temperate Climate |
| A very cold climate | Polar Climate |