Weather Vocabulary #2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Front | an area where the two air masses meet |
| Occluded front | the area in which a warm air mass is caught between two cold masses; brings cool temperatures and plenty of rain and snow |
| Stationary front | the area in which a warm air mass and cold air mass meet, but neither of them has enough energy to push against each other; brings many days of overcast, rainy weather |
| Climate | the average weather conditions over a very long period of time |
| Meteorologist | a scientist who studies weather |
| Land breeze | the movement of air created by cool air over land moving toward the ocean |
| Mountain breeze | the movement of air caused by cool air sinking and moving down the slope of a mountain |
| Sea breeze | the movement of air caused by cool air over the ocean moving toward the land |
| Valley breeze | the movement of air created by warm air rising and flowing up the slope of the mountain |
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