STAAR Vocabulary 18 Flashcards

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Large body of air with roughly the same temperature and humidity throughout.

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Air Mass

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Boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix.

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Front

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Amount of water vapor in the air.

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Humidity

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An unusually warm flow of surface water that occurs in the Pacific Ocean every 3-7 years.

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El Niño

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A cooling of the surface water of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean.

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La Niña

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