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Weather part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass | WARM FRONT |
| Force of air pushing on an area | AIR PRESSURE |
| Sections of air with nearly the same temperature and moisture | AIR MASSES |
| Cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass | COLD FRONT |
| Boundary between air masses that doesn't move | STATIONARY FRONT |
| Measurement of water vapor in the air | HUMIDITY |
| Boundary between air masses that have different temperatures | FRONT |
| When a cold air mass meets a warm air mass, the possible result | VIOLENT WEATHER |
| High and low pressure areas on a weather map predict - weather | WINDY |
| Scientist who studies weather | METEOROLOGIST |
| Average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time | CLIMATE |
| Storm of heavy rain, lightning, and strong wind | THUNDERSTORM |
| Weather instrument that measures amount of precipitation | RAIN GAUGE |
| Weather instrument that measures pressure | BAROMETER |
| Weather instrument that measures how hot or cold it is | THERMOMETER |
| Government agency that has weather stations all over the US | NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE |
| Very heavy snowstorm | BLIZZARD |
| Largest and most powerful storms | HURRICANES |
| Over the Atlantic Ocean near the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean | WHERE HURRICANES START |
| Weather instrument that measures air speed | ANEMOMETER |