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scirnce vocab
vocab words
| answer | question |
|---|---|
| air mass | a large body of air covering hundreds or thousands of square kilometers, that has the same temp. humidity, and pressure |
| source reigon | in meterology, a reigon where air masses form |
| warm air mass | an air mass that is warmer then the ground below it |
| cold air mass | an air mass that is cooler thennthe air below it |
| stationary front | a point who two air masses come in contact but neither of them advance |
| warm front | the advancing surface of a warm air mass as it pushes over a cool air mass |
| cold front | the advancing surface of a cold air mass as it puyshes under a warm air mass |
| squall line | lina of violent thunder storms that sometimes accompany a advancing cold front |
| occluded front | a warm mass that is trapped between two cold air masses and the warm air gets pushed over the cold air masses |
| monsoon | a reigonal wind system that reverses periodicaly and causes major rain |
| presure graidiant force | the horizontal force exerted on a mass of air that has a higher pressure then on the other side |
| geostrophic wind | high altitude wind is controled be relative influence of the p[ressure gradiant froce and coriolis affect |
| cyclone | tornado |