Quiz Weather vocab

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Weather

A type of severe weather described by the Fujita Scale; violent, rotating column of air formed at the base of a cumulonimbus cloud that makes contact

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures

The way the air is at a certain time in a certain place.

Indicates weather conditions at a specific location, using a combination of symbols on a map.

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Dew Point

Temperature at which the air is completely saturated with water vapor

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, density, or moisture; can be cold, warm, occluded, and stationary.

The amount of water vapor in the air.

Low, flat clod that forms in layers

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Stratus Cloud

The way the air is at a certain time in a certain place.

Low, flat clod that forms in layers

A tall dark cloud that produces thunderstorms

White, fluffy cloud with a flat bottom that usually signals fair weather

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Cirrus Cloud

A tall dark cloud that produces thunderstorms

High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures

White, fluffy cloud with a flat bottom that usually signals fair weather

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Blizzard

A type of severe weather described by the Fujita Scale; violent, rotating column of air formed at the base of a cumulonimbus cloud that makes contact

The way the air is at a certain time in a certain place.

A severe winter storm characterized by low temperatures, high winds, and a great amount of snow precipitation.

This is a storm with heavy rain, strong wind, lightning and thunder

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Meteorologist

A combination of symbols on a map

A person who talks about weather

Indicates weather conditions at a specific location

A person who studies and predicts the weather

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Air Mass

A large body of air that has the same characteristics of temperature and moisture content as the part of Earth's surface over which it formed.

High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

This is a storm with heavy rain, strong wind, lightning and thunder

High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

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Cumulonimbus Cloud

White, fluffy cloud with a flat bottom that usually signals fair weather

A tall dark cloud that produces thunderstorms

High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

A tall pink cloud that produces rainbows

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Relative Humidity

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, density, or moisture; can be cold, warm, occluded, and stationary.

This is a storm with heavy rain, strong wind, lightning and thunder

Temperatures, high winds, and a great amount of snow precipitation

The amount of water vapor in the air divided by the total amount of water that the air could hold.

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Warm Front

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, density, or moisture; can be cold, warm, occluded, and stationary.

Boundry where a cold mass overtakes

Boundary formed where a warm air mass overtakes and rises over a cold air mass

Temperatures, high winds, and a great amount of snow precipitation

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Hurricane

A large, swirling, low-pressure system that forms over tropical oceans. Must have winds of at least 120 KM/Hour.

The way the air is at a certain time in a certain place.

Stong winds

This is a storm with heavy rain, strong wind, lightning and thunder

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Tornado

The way the air is at a certain time in a certain place.

High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

This is a storm with heavy rain, strong wind, lightning and thunder

A type of severe weather described by the Fujita Scale; violent, rotating column of air formed at the base of a cumulonimbus cloud that makes contact

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Cumulus Cloud

High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

White, fluffy cloud with a flat bottom that usually signals fair weather

A tall dark cloud that produces thunderstorms

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures

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Stationary Front

. type of front that forms when a mass of warm air meets a mass of cold air and no movement occurs

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, density, or moisture; can be cold, warm, occluded, and stationary.

Mass of cold air meets a mass of hot air and fast movement occurs

High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

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Humidity

Boundary formed where a cold air mass overtakes

High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

The amount of water vapor in the air.

Temperatures, high winds, and a great amount of snow precipitation

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Front

The way the air is at a certain time in a certain place.

Boundary formed where a cold air mass overtakes

Boundary formed where a hot air mass overtakes

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, density, or moisture; can be cold, warm, occluded, and stationary.

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Cold Front

A tall dark cloud that produces thunderstorms

The amount of water vapor in the air.

This is a storm with heavy rain, strong wind, lightning and thunder

Boundary formed where a cold air mass overtakes and lifts a warm air mass

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Station Model

Indicates weather conditions at a specific location, using a combination of symbols on a map.

Boundary formed where a hot air mass overtakes

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures

Boundary formed where a cold air mass overtakes

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Occluded Front

A tall dark cloud that produces thunderstorms

Boundary formed where a hot air mass overtakes

A warm air mass trapped between two cold air masses

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures

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Thunderstorm

A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures

This is a storm with heavy rain, strong wind, lightning and thunder

High, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

The way the air is at a certain time in a certain place.

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Quiz Weather vocab

Weather

Dew Point

Stratus Cloud

Cirrus Cloud

Blizzard

Meteorologist

Air Mass

Cumulonimbus Cloud

Relative Humidity

Warm Front

Hurricane

Tornado

Cumulus Cloud

Stationary Front

Humidity

Front

Cold Front

Station Model

Occluded Front

Thunderstorm

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