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Vocabulary 13
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front dew point
cyclone
anticyclone
psychrometer
polar
Humidity
Relative Humidity
maritime
precipitation
air mass
Tropical
Meteorologist
1.______________A measure of the amount of moisture(water vapor) in the air.
2.______________A percentage of the moisture(water vapor) actually in the air
compared to what could be there.
3.______________ A scientist who studies the weather.
4.______________ Moisture that falls from clouds in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or
hail.
5.______________ instrument that measures relative humidity.
6.______________ temperature in which condensation begins.
7.______________ A huge body of air with similar temperature, humidity and air
pressure.
8.______________ A boundary where air masses meet.
9.______________ warm air mass that forms in tropics.
10.______________ air mass that forms over land.
11.______________ air mass that forms over oceans
12.______________ air mass that forms near poles, has high air pressure.
13.______________ A swirling center of low pressure air brings clouds and rain.
14.______________ A High pressure center of dry air brings clear weather.