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isotherm
What is a line connecting points of equal temperature?
100
The present state of the atmosphere.
What is weather?
100
Person who studies weather.
What is a meteorologist?
100
Violent storms usually form along?
What is a cold front?
100
When air holds all the water vapor it possibly can.
What is saturated?
200
relative humidity
Amount of moisture in air compared to the amount needed for saturation at a given temperature.
200
Stratus cloud that forms near the ground.
What is fog?
200
Great masses of air molecules pushing down from above.
What is air pressure?
200
Low, layered gray clouds that produce drizzle.
What is stratus clouds?
200
High, white, feathery clouds usually associated with fair weather.
What is cirrus clouds?
300
Temperature at which air is saturated and condensation begins.
dew point
300
Large body of air with the same properties as the surface over which it develops.
What is an air mass?
300
Weather information collected by meteorologists at specific locations?
What is a station model?
300
The interaction of air, water, and _____ results in good weather.
What is the sun?
300
Tornadoes often form from a type of cumulonimbus cloud called?
What is a wall cloud?
400
Includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
precipitation
400
Millions of drops of water suspended in the sky.
What is a cloud?
400
severe storm that forms over tropical oceans.
What is a hurricane?
400
One place where _______form is along fronts.
What is low pressure systems?
400
If air containing moisture is cooled, the temperature at which the air is saturated and condensation forms.
What is dew point?
500
Boundary formed between two colliding air masses.
What is a front?
500
Violent whirling wind associated with thunderstorms.
What is a tornado?
500
Line connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure.
What is an isobar?
500
An air mass that forms off the southeast coast of the United States.
What is warm and moist?
500
Raindrops that pass through a layer of freezing air near the near the ground.
What is sleet?