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vocab :)))
chapter 17-18 vocabulary words :))
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Air Mass | a huge body of air that has similar temperature,pressure,and humidity throughout |
| tropical (air mass) | A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure. |
| polar (air mass) | A cold air mass that forms north of 50° north latitude or south of 50° south latitude and has high air pressure |
| maritime (air mass) | A humid air mass that forms over oceans |
| continental (air mass) | A dry air mass that forms over land |
| front | The area where air masses meet and do not mix. |
| occluded | Cut off, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it. |
| cyclones | A swirling center of low air pressure |
| anticyclones | A high-pressure center of dry air |
| storm | A violent disturbance in the atmosphere |
| lighting | A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical changes jump between parts of a cloud and the ground |
| Tornado | A rapidly whirling,funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch earths surface usually a destructive path |
| Hurricane | A tropical storm that has winds 119 kilometers per hour or higher;typically about 600 kilometers across |
| Storm Surge | A dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands. |
| Evacuate | To move away temporarily |
| Flash Flood | A sudden, violent flood that occurs within a few hours, or even minutes, of a heavy rainstorm. A sudden, violent flood that occurs within a few hours, or even minutes, of a heavy rainstorm. A sudden, violent flood that occurs within a fe |
| Meterologist | Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it. |
| El Nino | An abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns that can lead to dramatic climate changes |
| Isobar | Lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure. |
| Climate | The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area. |
| Windward | The side of mountains that faces the oncoming wind. |
| Leeward | The downwind side of mountains. |
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