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Define Monsoon.
What is winds that change with the seasons.
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a large weather system that surrounds a center of low pressure.
What is a Low-pressure system
What cloud forms at a medium altitude and has the prefix alto- and are tall?
What is altocumulus.
I shot up out of my bed and looked out the window, only to find that a ______ cloud covered the sun's bright and vibrant rays in dark grey streaks.
What is Stratus
Which way does high pressure travel?
What is twards the Earth's surface.
Define Wind.
What is air that moves horozantally, or parallel to the ground.
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A scientist who studies weather.
What is a meteorologist.
What cloud apears feathery or wispy?
What is Curris.
I sat down in my chair and watched the ______ on TV talk about the discoveries he had made about the atmosphere, while I ate my cereal.
What is meteorologist.
Which way do jet streams travel?
What is west to east.
Define Front.
What is a boundary between air masses.
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the temperature at which air with a given amount of watervapor will reach saturation.
What is dew point.
What cloud appears very tall?
What are cumulus clouds.
As I sat and stared at the tall clouds, I recalled that my teacher had told me they were called ______ clouds.
What is Cumulus.
Define Acid Rain.
What is rain that has become more acidic because of pollution.
Define Isobar.
What is a line that connects places that have the same air pressure.
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Fast-moving wind flowing along the top of the troposphere.
What is jet stream.
What is a Cumulus cloud containing precipitation called?
What is Cumulonimbus.
I ran out the door with my belongings in hand and shoved them in the car, ______ Katrina was coming and we were leaving for my Gran's house.
What is Hurricane.
What direction does low pressure travel?
What is away from the Earth's surface.
Define Coriolis effect.
What is the influence of the Earth's rotation.
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Any instrument that measures air pressure.
What is barometer.
What clouds usually contain the word parts nimbo- or nimbus?
What are the clouds containing precipitation.
I was watching the meteoroligist point to the the big red H signifing that Missouri was in a ______ zone for the next two days.
What is high-pressure
What does the movement of molecules cause?
What is air pressure.