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| why is there uneven heating of the earth's surface? |
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| because land and water heat up diff. rates. |
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| how is this heat redistributed? |
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| it is distributed by air and water currents. |
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| amount of water vapor in the air |
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| state of atmosphere at a certain time and place |
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| air moving in a specific direction |
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| measure of average amount of motion in molecules. |
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| stratus cloud formed near the ground. |
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| what three factors that determine the shape and height of clouds |
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| temparture,pressure, amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. |
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| elevation prefixes low middle high |
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| characteristics of clouds |
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| puffy cloud with flat base |
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| low carpet of rain clouds |
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| middle level puffy clouds |
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| true or false low altitude prefix is alto |
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| true or false cumulus means rain |
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| true or false high altitude is cirro |
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| Large body of air that has properties similar to Earth’s surface over which it forms. |
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| cool air advances towards warm air |
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| warm air advances towards cold air |
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| rapid up and down movement of air causes build up of charge ( like staticelec.) |
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| heating up of air by lightning |
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| measure tornadoes through 0-5 |
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| in tornadoes winds can reach up to |
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1) High winds
2) Low visibility
3) Persist for 3 hours |
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| boundary bewtween two air masses |
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| things that lead up to a hurrricane |
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| 1.tropical depression,2. tropical storm,3. hurricane(winds over 74 mph) |
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| hurricanes lose power over what |
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| area in the midwest where 90 percent of the earth's tornadoes occur |
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| tornadoes are found in severe whats |
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| form over and fueled by warm______ |
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| person who studies weather |
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| a combination of symbols on a weather map |
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| line connecting points of equal temperature |
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| line connecting points of equal pressure |
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| instrument used to measure air pressure |
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