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vocab ch 17&18 words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north latitude or south and 50 degrees has high air pressure. | polar |
| a warm air mass that froms in the tropics and has low air pressure. | tropical |
| a dry air mass that forms over land. | continental |
| a huge body of air that has similar temperature, pressure, and humidity throughout. | air mass |
| a high-pressure canter of dry air. | anticyclones |
| the area where air masses meet and do not mix. | front |
| lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure. | isobar |
| a violent disturbance in the atmosphere. | storm |
| cut off, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it. | occluded |
| lines on a map joining places that have same temperature. | isotherm |
| scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it. | meteorologist |
| a swirling center of low air pressure. | cyclones |
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