Science ch 11 vocab Word Scramble
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a large body of air covering hundreds of square kilometers thT HAS A RELATIVELY UNIFORM TEMPERATURE presure and humididty | air mass |
an area of relatively higher atmospheric pressure. it typically contains a clockwised rotation wind system in the northern hemisphere | anticyclone |
an air mass that is colder thanthe surface over which it moves. | cold air mass |
the advancing surface of a cold air mass as it moves under a warmer air mass | cold front |
in generaL a system centered on a low pressure area surrounded by a wind circulation pattern spiraling clockwise inthe northern hemispere anf clockwise in the southern hemispereclockwise. | cyclone |
cyclone(hurricane) | |
a permanent low pressure belt of usually windless air near the equator caused by the vertical rising of warm air | doldrums |
the circular center of low pressure in a hurricane that is characterized by fe clouds, relative calm, and vertical air movement | eye |
lightning consisting of branches connectec to the mainstroke | forked lightning |
a high altitude wind that is controlled by the relative relative influence of pressure gradient force and the coriolis affect | geostrophic wind |
horse latitudes | |
hurricane | |
jet stream | |
land breeze | |
lightning | |
lightning rod | |
monsoon | |
mountain breeze | |
occluded front | |
prevailing westerlies | |
polar easterlies | |
polar high | |
return stroke | |
source region | |
squall line | |
stationary front | |
sea breeze | |
sub polar low | |
stepped leader | |
storm well | |
storm surge | |
thunderstorm | |
tornado | |
warm front | |
water spout |
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