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I am something that can change day to day outside.
Weather
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This Cloud tells you a thunderstorm is on its way.
Cumulonimbus
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The boundary between two different air masses
Weather front
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The amount of water vapor in the air is called _____
humidity
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This is a rise of water with no place to go.
Flood
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Type of low-lying cloud making it difficult to see
Fog
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Clouds form when water changes from
gas to liquid
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This can flood and damage homes due to strong winds and rain usually starting in the ocean and moving towards coastline cities.
Hurricane
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This type of climate is close to the equator. It starts with the letter "T"
Tropical
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The natural process in which water constantly moves among oceans, land, and the atmosphere is called the ______.
water cycle
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This is the amount of water in the air
Humidity
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Weather front type that can cause thunderstorms and lots of precipitation.
Cold front
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This is a system caused by air swirling downward and can cause storms to form.
Low pressure system
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This has rain, thunder and lightning.
Thunderstorm
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This climate is always cold and there is a type of bear named after it.
What is Polar?
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What does Doppler radar measure?
The speed at which precipitation travels
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This is a continuous period of dry weather or no precipitation.
Drought
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When electricity builds up in the clouds and then discharges on the ground.
Lightning
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Puffy clouds found at a medium to low height.
Cumulus
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These are the number one cause of weather-related death in the US.
What are flash floods?
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Where a dry air mass is likely to have formed
Land
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Examples of severe weather includes: (give two examples)
tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, blizzards
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This is a storm that swirls over land.
Tornado
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Snow that begins to melt as it reaches the ground, but doesn't melt completely
Sleet
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Seasonal periods of intense rain that is important to places including Australia, Western Africa, and Southern Asia
Monsoon
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The pressure that a column of air exerts on the area below it is called ____.
air pressure
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Small iced balls raining down creating damage
Hail
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The type of air mass that you are most likely to find over Arizona and New Mexico
Continental tropical (cT)
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Hazardous weather is more likely to occur when two air masses meet that are ______________?
Different
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When rain falls and freezes on the ground immediately.
Freezing rain