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Weather vocab

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a body of air with the same tempurature and moisture throughout air mass
an instrument used to detect and measure changes in air pressure barometer
a collection at billions ogtiny droplets of water or ice and dust particles visible from the ground cloud
the leading edge of a cold air mass pushes a warm air mass ahead of it cold front
the process by which heat moves effeciently through air or water convection
puffy,round clouds that formed at low latitudes cumulus cloud
an extended period of lack of precipitation drought
a tall dark rain cloud nimbour cloud
a boundary that occurs when both a cold and a coll air mass collide with a warm air mass which beecomes trapped and lifted between them occluded front
the process by which energy is transferred from one object such as the sun to another object without the space between them being heated radiation
a boundray that occurs when two air masses move close to one another,but neither has enough force to move one another they both remain fixed in place stationary front
a low-lying layered cloud stratus cloud
a boundary that occurs when a moving,warm air mass overrides a cold air mass ahead of it warm front
a boundary that forms when air masses meet that have different tempurate,pressure,and humidity conditions weather front
name three ways heat moves Radiation,Conduction,and Convection
What is the term for the combined energy created by moving molecule? Heat
What is the movement of heat from hot materialstocold ones called? Conduction
What is the spread of heat as waves of invisible rays called? Radiation
What is the movement of warmer air through cooler air called? Convection
What form of movement of heat is demonstarted by burning a burning fire in a fireplace? Radiation
What form of movement is demonstrated by a hot-air balloon? Convection
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