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Weather 4.1 and 4.4
Quiz science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Humidity | The amount of water vapor in a given volume of air. |
| air mass | A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and aiir pressure |
| tropical | A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure |
| occluded | Cur off, as in a front where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses. |
| cyclone | A swirling center of low air pressure |
| evaporation | The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas. |
| isotherm | A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature. |
| maritime | A humid air mass that forms over the oceans. |
| dew point | The temperature at which condensation begins |
| front | The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix |