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17-18.1-storms
vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A huge body of air that has similar temp, pressure, and humitidy thoroughout | Air Mass |
| A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure. | tropical |
| A cold air mass that forms north of 50° north latitude or south of 50° south latitude and has high air pressure. | Polar |
| A humid air mass that forms over oceans. | Maritime |
| The area where air masses meet and do not mix | front |
| A dry air mass that forms over land. | continental |
| Cut off, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it. | Occluded |
| A swirling center of low air pressure | cyclones |
| A high-pressure center of dry air. | Ancticyclones |
| Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it. | metearologists |
| 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 | El Nino |
| Lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure. | Isobar |
| Lines on a map joining places that have the same temperature. | Isotherm |
| A violent disturbance in the atmosphere | Storm |
| A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground. | lightning |
| A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface, usually leaving a destructive path. | tornando |
| A tropical storm that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher; typically about 600 kilometers across | hurricane |
| A dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands | Storm Surge |
| To move away temporarily | evacuate |
| A sudden, violent flood that occurs within a few hours, or even minutes, of a heavy rainstorm. | flash flood |
| the average year after year condition of temperature, winds, and cluds in an area | climate |
| the side of mountains that face the oncoming winds | wind ward |
| the down wind side of mountain | leeward |
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