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Chapter 3 II
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Air mass | Single body of air that has a constant temperature, humidity, and pressure, throughout. |
| Tropical | Warm air |
| Polar | Cool air |
| Maritime | Oceanic |
| Continental | Land |
| Front | Area where two air masses meet |
| Occluded | Cut off |
| Cyclone | Spiraling movement of air that has low pressure |
| Anticyclone | Cyclone with high pressure |
| Storm | Violent disturbance in the atmosphere |
| thunderstorm | storm with heavy precipitation and has thunder and lightning |
| lightning | electrical discharges within clouds |
| tornado | rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud |
| hurricane | powerful tropical cyclone |
| storm surge | dome of water that moves across the land with a hurricane |
| evacuate | move away |
| Meteorologists | scientists who predict weather |
| Isobars | lines joining places on the map that hve the same air pressure |
| Isotherm | lines joining areas on the map that have equal temperature |