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Science eight vocab
weather
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Air Mass | a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure. |
| Dew Point | the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form. |
| Front | is a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities, and is the principal cause of meteorological phenomena outside the tropics. |
| Hurricane | a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. |
| Relative Humidity | The amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the amount needed for saturation at the same temperature. |
| Saturated | Holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed; thoroughly soaked. |
| Tornado | A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. |