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| what is weather? | state of the athmosphere and current conditions |
| what is relitive humidity | a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air |
| what is satuated? | when air is holding all moisture it can at 1 temperature |
| what is the dew point? | the temperature at which air is satured & condinsation takes place |
| what is precipitation? | water that falls to ground as rain snow sleet or hail |
| what is an air mass? | large body of air with same properties as the surface under it |
| what is a front? | two boundary between the bodies of air |
| what is a tornado? | whirling wind that moves in a narrow path |
| what is a hurricane? | swirling,low pressure system that forms over tropical oceans |
| what is a meteorologist? | person that studies weather |
| what is a station model? | weather symbol |
| what is an isotherm? | line that connects equal temperatures |
| what is an isobar? | line that connects equal air pressure |
| what are temperature zones? | 2 areas of moderate weather that exist between the tropics and polars |
| what is the greenhouse effect? | proicess when heat is traped in the earths atmosphere |
