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Chapter 8 Vocab
chapter 8 vocab you idiot
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system |
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