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vocab wordz

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air mass   a huge body of air that has similar temperature,pressure,and humidity throughtout  
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tropical   a warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure  
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polar   a cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north latitude or south of 50 degrees south latitude and has high air pressure  
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maritime   a humid air mass that forms over oceans  
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front   the area where air masses meet and do ot mix  
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continental   a dry air mass that foms over land  
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occluded   cut off as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it  
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cyclones   a swirling center of low air pressure  
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anticyclones   a high pressure center of dry air  
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storm   a violent disturbence in the atmosphere  
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lightning   a sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electric charges jump between a cloud and the ground  
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tornado   a rapid whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch earths surface, usually leaving a destructive path  
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hurricane    
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