Choose the word that BEST matches each definition.
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Question 1
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An advancing warm air mass meets an advancing cold air mass but neither one can move the other producing several days of cloud and precipitation.
Question 2
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A clockwise flow of dry, sinking air that has higher pressure at its center than the areas around it bringing clear, calm, bright weather.
Question 3
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Warm air mass slides up and over a retreating cold, denser air mass producing light precipitation followed by warmer, milder weather
Question 4
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A funnel shaped cloud of air that rotates at high speeds and is formed when a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air.
Question 5
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A front that forms when a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses and the cold air masses push the warm air upward producing heavy precipitation.
Question 6
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A weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds, lightning, and thunder.
Question 7
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A faster cold air mass runs into a slower warm air mass pushing the warm air mass upwards causing thunderstorms and cooler weather after the front passes through.
Question 8
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Storms with strong winds and rains that form over warm, tropical waters.
Question 9
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A counterclockwise flow of moist, rising air that has a lower pressure at its center than the areas around it bringing unstable conditions such as clouds and storms.
Question 10
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A “snapshot” of conditions at a particular time over a large area and utilizes symbols to represent weather conditions.