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| elevation is the height of a land form above sea level |
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| the movement of water near the surface with different temperatures it will affect the water in that area |
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| when moisture in the air falls to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, snow and hail |
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| Spiraled wind pattern with a low pressure center with wind blowing counter-clockwise |
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| air that spins in a clockwise direction from a High pressure center to a lower pressure on the outside. |
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| a tornado is formed when a funnel could pokes through the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud and makes contact witht he ground |
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| begins as a group of tunderstroms over the ocean |
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Do I know each of the different air masses mean and the weather that they bring?
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mT- Maritime Tropical
mP-Martime Polar
cT- continental Tropical
cP- continental Polar
m= wet
T= warm
c= dry
P= cold |
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| the average condidtions overa period of time and is mainly determined by precipitation and temperature |
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| the condition of the atmosphere at a particulat rime and varies from day to day |
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| the center of a hurricane that has calm air and light winds |
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| Name the different seasons in the picture |
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| the distrance from the equator |
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| Direct sunlight affects the temperature of an area where it is warmer at the equator which recieves a lot of direct sunlight and cooler at the poles where the area recieves little direct sunlight |
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