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CM Earth Science 6-3 Test

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Unequal heating of Earth’s surface
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Wind vane
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Midlatitude cyclone forms:
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Most solar energy is where?
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4 types of forecasts
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Warm fronts
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Hurricanes
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Characteristic of air mass
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Air mass
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Front
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Weather Watch
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Anemometer
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Anticyclones
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Polar front
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Wind created?
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Thunderstorms
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Doppler radar
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Upper-atmospheric measurement devices
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Computers
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Occluded front
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At equator instead of at poles
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Nowcasts: mainly use radar; focus on timing precipitation/tracking severe weather; Daily forecasts: 48-hour weather predicting; Extended forecasts: 3-7 days; Medium range forecasts: 8-14 days; Long-range forecasts: monthly/seasonal;
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Can store weather data from around world
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Severe storm that develops over tropical oceans; strong winds over 120 km/hr; spiral in toward low-pressure storm center
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Measures wind speed
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Leading edge of an air mass or where two air masses meet; changes in middle altitude—weather here; do not exist in tropics because there are no air masses that have significant temperature differences
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Issued when the conditions are ideal for severe weather
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Rising air moves toward a central low-pressure region; begins to turn CLOCKWISE; cyclone strongly influences weather patterns in middle latitudes
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Air sinks and flows outward from center of high pressure region; clockwise in Northern Hemisphere
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Front edge of advancing warm air mass replaces colder air with warmer air;gradual slope;due to gentle slope, clouds may extend far ahead of surface location or base of front;Generally produces precipitation over large areas, may be violent weather
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A stationary or slow moving mass takes on temperature and humidity of that region
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Large body of air where temperature and moisture content are similar
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Measures wind direction
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A usually brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightning and thunder
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Radiosonde; Radar; Weather satellites; Computers
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Indicates precise location, movement, & extent of storm
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Causes differences in air pressure
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From differences in air pressure at different locations
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Boundary where cold polar air meets tropical air mass of middle latitudes, especially over ocean
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Cold air mass over takes warm air mass & lifts warm air mass off ground & over another air mass
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Barometer
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Air sinks & flows outward from center of high pressure; begins to turn COUNTER CLOCKWISE; brings dry weather because the sinking air does not promote cloud formation
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Instruments carried by satellites provide images for weather forecasting
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A pattern of meteorological symbols that represents the weather at a particular observing station & recorded on weather map
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Lines that connect points of equal temperature
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Front edge of cold air mass pushes beneath warm air mass like wedge;Large cumulus/cumlionimbus clouds form along cold front;heavy thunderstorms (squall) occur ahead of fast moving cold front;Slow moving cold front produces-weaker storms/lighter precip.
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package of instruments carried aloft by balloons to measure upper atmospheric conditions; temperature, dew point and wind velocity
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Discharged electricity from clouds; released energy heats air & it rapidly expands, producing loud noise (thunder)
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mP (maritime Pacific); mT (maritime tropical); cP (Canadian Pacific); CT (continental tropical); mP (maritime Atlantic); mT (maritime tropical)
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High to low pressure; Cold air near pole sinks; creates high pressure centers

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