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1
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Wins are created by

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Changes in pressure

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Storms moved from west to east across our country because of the

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Prevailing winds

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Rotation of earth causes went to turn clockwise in the northern hemisphere in counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere

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Coriolis effect

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4
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Continental polar_____
Continental tropical_____
Maritime polar_____
Maritime tropical_____

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Dry and cold
Dry and warm
Humid and cold
Humid and warm

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5
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________ air mass advancing heavy precipitation for a short period of time

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Cold front

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6
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_______ air mass advancing study precipitation long time

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Warm front

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7
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_________ air mass advancing steady precipitation for a very long time

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Stationary front

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8
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Cold air mass catches warm air mass and takes over

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Occluded front

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Transfer of heat in the form of electromagnetic energy waves

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Radiation

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10
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Transfer of heat from hotter object to a cooler object

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Conduction

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Transfer of heat through a fluid gas or liquid warm air rises cool air sinks

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Convection

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12
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A certain area

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Air pressure

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13
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Push or a pull

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Force

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14
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Means there is more air over an area of the normal

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High air pressure

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15
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Means there is less air over an area than normal

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Low air pressure

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16
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Vertically moving air

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Current

17
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Horizontally moving air

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Wind

18
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How much water vapor in the air can hold. Depends on temperature

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Capacity

19
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Means air is full of water vapor

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Saturated

20
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Actual amount of water in the air

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Specific humidity

21
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Compares the amount of water vapor in the air to the amount that air can hold

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Relative humidity

22
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Temperature at which water vapor will condense

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Dew point

23
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About_____% is absorbed by the ground,______% is reflected back to space, and _______%is absorbed by clouds and air

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50
30
20

24
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Sinking cool air is associated with

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High pressure

25
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List of layers of the atmosphere bottom to the top

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Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
thermosphere

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