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Science -air masses
Vocab words
| Vocab definition | Answer |
|---|---|
| a larde body of air covering hundreds or thousands of suqare kilometers that has a relatively uinform temperature, pressure, and humidity | air mass |
| in meteorology, a region with relatively unifrom temperature and humidity over which air masses form | source region |
| an air mass that is warmer than the surface over which it moves | warm air mass |
| an air mass that is colder than the surface over which it moves | cold air mass |
| a zone of contacet between two disimilar air masses where neither is advancing. it usually results in no change in the weather for several days. | stationary front |
| the advancing surface of a warm air mass as it pushes against and over a cooler air mass | warm front |
| the advancing suface of a cold air mass as it moves under a warmer air mass | cold front |
| a line of viloent thunderstormes that sometimes accompanies an advancing cold front | squall line |
| a front formed when a cool air mass and a rapidly moving cold air mass trap a warm air mass between them. the warmair mass is lifted ,losing all contact with the ground | occuluded front |
| a regional wind system that reverses periodically, alternately bringing wet and dry seasons | monsoon |
| pressure gradient force |
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