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vocab words

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A huge body of air that has similar temp, pressure, and humitidy thoroughout   Air Mass  
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A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure.   tropical  
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A cold air mass that forms north of 50° north latitude or south of 50° south latitude and has high air pressure.   Polar  
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A humid air mass that forms over oceans.   Maritime  
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The area where air masses meet and do not mix   front  
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A dry air mass that forms over land.   continental  
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Cut off, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it.   Occluded  
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A swirling center of low air pressure   cyclones  
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A high-pressure center of dry air.   Ancticyclones  
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Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it.   metearologists  
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An abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns that can lead to dramatic climate changes   El Nino  
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Lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure.   Isobar  
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Lines on a map joining places that have the same temperature.   Isotherm  
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A violent disturbance in the atmosphere   Storm  
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A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground.   lightning  
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A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface, usually leaving a destructive path.   tornando  
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A tropical storm that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher; typically about 600 kilometers across   hurricane  
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A dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands   Storm Surge  
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To move away temporarily   evacuate  
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A sudden, violent flood that occurs within a few hours, or even minutes, of a heavy rainstorm.   flash flood  
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the average year after year condition of temperature, winds, and cluds in an area   climate  
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the side of mountains that face the oncoming winds   wind ward  
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the down wind side of mountain   leeward  
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