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Vocabulary
100
What type of front causes light to moderate precipitation?
What is warm front?
100
What does cP stand for
What is continental Polar?
100
What type of cloud is high, white, and thin?
What is cirrus cloud?
100
What type of storm produces gusty winds, heavy rain, and hail?
What is thunderstorm?
100
A large body of air.
What is air mass?
200
What type of front causes heavy precipitation?
What is cold front?
200
What does mT stand for?
What is Maritime Tropical?
200
What cloud is best described as a sheet?
What is stratus cloud?
200
What is a rotating column of air called.
What is vortex?
200
Boundary that separates two air masses.
What is front?
300
This front does not move.
What is stationary front?
300
What type of cloud consist of rounded individual cloud masses?
What is cumulus cloud?
300
At what time of year do tornadoes occur?
When is April through June?
300
The very center of a hurricane.
What is eye?
400
A line with half circles on it is what kind of front?
What is warm front
400
What does cT stand for?
What is Continental Tropical?
400
What cloud may produce a thunderstorm?
What is cumulonimbus cloud?
400
What is the most violent storm in the world?
What is hurricane?
400
The process that turns water vapor into clouds.
What is condensation?
500
What type of front causes heavy precipitation for a short period of time?
What is occluded front?
500
What type of air mass is also known as nor' easter?
What is mP (Maritime Polar)?
500
What processes are needed to form clouds?
What is evaporation and condensation?
500
What is used to describe the intensity of a hurricane?
What is Saffir-Simpson scale?
500
An air mass that is cool and moist.
What is mP (Maritime Polar)?