ES Chapter 11 Vocab Word Scramble
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A large body of air covering hundreds or thousands of square kilometers that has a relatively uniform temperature, pressure, and humidity. | Air Mass |
In meteorology, a region with relatively uniform temperature and humidity over which air masses form. | Source Region |
An air mass that is warmer than the surface over which it moves. | Warm Air Mass |
An air mass that is colder than the surface over which it moves. | Cold AIr Mass |
A zone of contact between two dissimilar air masses where neither is advancing. It usually results in no change in the weather for several days. | Stationary Front |
The advancing surface of a warm air mass as it pushes against and over a cooler air mass. | Warm Front |
The advancing surface of a cold air mass as it moves under a warmer air mass. | Cold Front |
Squall Line | |
Occluded Front | |
Monsoon | |
Pressure Gradient Force | |
Geostrophic Wind | |
Cyclone | |
Anticyclone | |
Jet Stream | |
Sea Breeze | |
Land Breeze | |
Valley Breeze | |
Mountain Breeze | |
Trade Winds | |
Prevailing Westerlies | |
Polar Easterlies | |
Doldrums | |
Horse Latitudes | |
Subpolar Low | |
Polar High | |
Thunderstorm | |
Thunderhead | |
Lightning | |
Stepped Leader | |
Return Stroke | |
Forked Lightning | |
Tornado | |
Waterspout | |
Hurricane | |
Typhoon | |
Cyclone (Hurricane) | |
Eye | |
Storm Swell | |
Storm Surge | |
Lightning Rod |
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