Science Study Guide2
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| Precipitation | water, in solid or liquid form, that falls from the air to Earth
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| Weather | condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
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| Condesation | process by which a gas, such as water vapor, becomes a liquid
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| Clouds | collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals
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| Air masses | large body of air where temperature and moisture content are similar throughout
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| Fronts | The area in which two types of air masses meet
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| Thunderstorms | intense weather systems that produce strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder
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| Tornado | small, spinning column of air that has high wind speeds and low central pressure and that touches the ground
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| Hurricane | A large, rotating tropical weather system that has wind speeds of at least 120 km/h
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| Isobars | lines on the weather maps
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| Climate | the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
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| Describe the kind of weather associated with each type of front | Warm front- clear warm weather
Cold front- thunderstorms and heavy rain
Stationary front- many days of cloudy wet weather
Occluded front- large amounts rain and snow
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| Describe how a hurricane forms | A hurricane begins as a group of thunderstorms moving over tropical ocean waters. Winds traveling in two different directions meet and cause the storm to spin
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| What are the main features on a typical weather map? | isobars, high and low air pressure,warm and cold fronts
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| What types of of weather are associated with the main types of clouds? | Cumulus - puffy, white; fair weather
Cumulonimbus – dark; stormy
Stratus – layered, thick, gray; rainy
Cirrus – thin, white; windy
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| What are the major factors that determine the climate of an area? | Temperature and precipitation
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| Explain why water drops sometimes form on the outside of a cold glass of water. | The cold water caused the glass to cool the air surrounding the glass to its dew point.
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