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Science ch 11 vocab
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a large body of air covering hundreds of square kilometers thT HAS A RELATIVELY UNIFORM TEMPERATURE presure and humididty | air mass |
| an area of relatively higher atmospheric pressure. it typically contains a clockwised rotation wind system in the northern hemisphere | anticyclone |
| an air mass that is colder thanthe surface over which it moves. | cold air mass |
| the advancing surface of a cold air mass as it moves under a warmer air mass | cold front |
| in generaL a system centered on a low pressure area surrounded by a wind circulation pattern spiraling clockwise inthe northern hemispere anf clockwise in the southern hemispereclockwise. | cyclone |
| cyclone(hurricane) | |
| a permanent low pressure belt of usually windless air near the equator caused by the vertical rising of warm air | doldrums |
| the circular center of low pressure in a hurricane that is characterized by fe clouds, relative calm, and vertical air movement | eye |
| lightning consisting of branches connectec to the mainstroke | forked lightning |
| a high altitude wind that is controlled by the relative relative influence of pressure gradient force and the coriolis affect | geostrophic wind |
| horse latitudes | |
| hurricane | |
| jet stream | |
| land breeze | |
| lightning | |
| lightning rod | |
| monsoon | |
| mountain breeze | |
| occluded front | |
| prevailing westerlies | |
| polar easterlies | |
| polar high | |
| return stroke | |
| source region | |
| squall line | |
| stationary front | |
| sea breeze | |
| sub polar low | |
| stepped leader | |
| storm well | |
| storm surge | |
| thunderstorm | |
| tornado | |
| warm front | |
| water spout |