6th-grade Science (Weather)

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What is an Air Mass?

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A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture content throughout.

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What is a Front in weather terms?

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The boundary where two or more air masses meet.

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How do frontal boundaries lead to severe storms?

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Warm air is forced up rapidly by a cold air mass.

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What tool measures Wind Speed?

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Anemometer.

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What weather can be expected with increasing air pressure and high humidity?

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Clear and sunny weather.

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What is a Cyclone?

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A system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure.

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What is an Anticyclone?

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A system of winds rotating outward from a high-pressure center.

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What does a Barometer measure?

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Air pressure.

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What is humidity?

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The amount of water vapor present in the air.

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What is a Tornado?

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A rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud.

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