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water movement beteween earth and the atmosphre.
What is the water cycle?
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when water comes down to earth
What is precipitation?
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the invisible line where two air masses meet.
What is a front?
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A violent disturbance in the atmosphere
What is a storm
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Scientists who study the weather and try to predict it.
What is a meteorologist?
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When water goes into the atmosphere.
What is evaporation?
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Rain,sleet,freezing rain,hail,snow.
What are common types of precipitation?
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Warm fronts,cold fronts,stationary fronts,occluded fronts,are main types of these.
What are major types of fronts
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a small storm often with heavy rain and lots of thunder and lightning
What is a thunderstorm
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lines that connect areas with the same air pressure.
What is a Isobar
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When water vapor in the air condenses to make liquids or ice crystals.
How do clouds form
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The most common type of precipitation,and are called this if they are at least 0.5 millimeters in diameter
What is rain?
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Masses use jet streams and prevailing westerlies to move
How do air masses move?
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A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud
What is a tornado
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The temp. when condensation starts.
What is dew point?
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Ice crystals that have an endless number of shapes and patterns,all with six sides,or branches
What is snow?
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A cyclone is a swirling center of low air pressure,while an anticyclone is a swirling center of HIGH air pressure.
What is the difference of a cyclone and an anticyclone
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a "dome" of water that sweeps the coast where the hurricane came.
What is a storm surge?
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Meteorologists use charts,maps,and computers.
What do meteorologists use to predict the weather?
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Cumulus,Cirrus,and Stratus
What are three types of clouds
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Raindrops that freeze when they touch the ground.
What is freezing rain
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Maritime tropical,maritime polar,continental tropical,continental polar
What are four major types of air masses
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If you are caught in a snowstorm,try to find shelter from the wind.
How do you stay safe in a snowstorm
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They show fronts,places with high and low pressure,types of precipitation,and tempurature.
What do standard symbols show us on weather maps?