science vocabulary
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| air mass | huge body of air that has similar temerature, humidity and air pressure without
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| tropical | warm air mass that forms in the tropics
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| polar | cold, air masses form north of 50° north latitude and south of 50° south latitude
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| maritime | humid air mass that forms over oceans
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| front | area where air masses meet and do not mix
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| continental | dry air mass that forms over land
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| occluded | warm air mass is cut off from the ground
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| cyclones | swirling center of low air pressure
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| anticyclones | high-pressure center of dry air
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| storm | viloent disturbance in the atmosphere
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| lightning | sudden spark, or energy discharge
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| tornado | rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm dow to touch Earth's surface
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| hurricane | tropical storm that has winds of 119km per hour or higher
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| storm surge | dome of water that sweeps across the coast where the hurricane lands
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| evacuate | move away temporarily
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| flash flood | sudden violent flood that occurs within a few hours or even minutes of a storm
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| meteroligists | scientes who study the causes of the weather and try to perdict it
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| isobars | lines joining place on the map that have the same air pressure
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| isotherms | lines joing places on the map that have the same temerature
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| climate | average year-after-year conditions of temerature, precipitation,winds, and clouds in an area
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| windward | side of mountains
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| leeward | downwide side of mountains
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| El Nino | abnormal climate change that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the pacific Ocean
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