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Weather Patterns - Vocabulary Challenge

Carefully match these science vocabulary words with their definitions.

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air massa large body of air that has about the same temperature, air pressure, and moisture throughout
cirrus clouda thin, feathery cloud made up of ice crystals high in the sky
cold frontthe leading edge of a cold air mass that forms as the cold air mass moves into a warm air mass
cumulus clouda large fluffy cloud
flash flooda sudden, violent flood
frontthe place where two air masses meet
hurricanea large, violent storm accompanied by strong winds and, usually, heavy rain
stratus clouda low, flat cloud that often brings drizzle
thunderstorma storm that produces lightning and thunder and often heavy rain and strong winds
tornadoa violent, funnel-shaped storm of spinning wind
warm frontthe leading edge of a warm air mass that forms as the warm air mass moves forward into a cold air mass
weather forecastera person who makes weather predictions or reports weather conditions
weather satellitesa human-made device in space that takes pictures of Earth and collects information about weather


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