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Weather
state exam vocab for weather
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Front | The boundaries between air masses. Some form of percipitation occurs when two fronts meet. |
| Climate | Is the characteristic weather that prevails from season to season and year to year. |
| Weather | Describes the conditions of the atmosphere at a given location for a short period of time. |
| Cause of weather. | The uneven heating of the earths surface. |
| The movement of a air mass(group of air molecules with same moisture and temperature) | Caused by prevailing winds and upper air currents. |
| Air masses form because of: | Air remaining stationary over a large section of Earths surface and takes on the temperature and humididty of the region. |
| Changes in weather occur because: | Air masses moving. |
| High pressure systems : | Bring fair weather. |
| Low pressure systems: | Usually bring cloudy and unstable weather. |
| Hazardous weather conditions include: | Tornadoes, hurricanes,ice storms and blizzards. |