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Earth Science
Weather
Term | Definition |
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latitude | distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees up to 90 degrees |
longitude | distance measured in degrees east or west from an imaginary line (called the prime meridian) that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole and that passes through Greenwich, England |
temperature | heat of the air |
humidity | the amount of water in the air |
air pressure | thickness of the air |
continental polar air mass | cold temperatures and little moisture |
continental arctic air mass | extremely cold and dry air mass |
continental tropical air mass | warm and dry air mass |
maritime tropical air mass | warm and moist air mass |
maritime polar air mass | cool and moist air mass |
cold front | the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air |
warm front | the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air |
stationary front | a pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other |
occluded | a cold front pushes a warm front away from the ground |