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2. Instrument used to measure windspeed
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3. Anemometer
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4. Technology that can save lives by warning people of an approaching storm
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5. Doppler radar
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6. An instrument that measures relative humidity with 2 identical thermometers
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7. Psychrometer
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8. Used to measure atmospheric pressure
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9. Barometer
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10. What tool do meteorologists use to solve mathematical equations and store data?
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11. Computers
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12. A pattern of meteorological symbols that represent the weather at a particular observing station
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13. Station model
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14. Weather map symbols H & L indicated what kind of center?
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15. Air pressure centers (or High and Low pressure)
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16. This system uses reflected radio waves to determine the velocity and location of objects called: _____
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17. radar
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18. Weathe conditions for an area over a long period of time are referred to as __________
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19. Climate
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20. The temperature at which the rate of evaporation equals the rate of condensation
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21. Dew Point
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22. The front edge of an advancing warm air mass that replaces colder air with warmer air is a _______
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23. Warm Front
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24. A tropical storm with high wind speeds
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25. hurricane
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26. This forms when a cold air mass over takes a warm air mass
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27. Cold front
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28. A destructive, rotating funnel-shaped column of air with high wind speeds
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29. Tornado
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30. A front at which air masses move either very slowly or not at all
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31. Stationary front
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32. Mass of water vapor contained in a given volume of air is ______
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33. Absolute humidity
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34. A weather event in which the air sinks and flows outward from a center of high pressure that brings dry weather
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35. anticyclone
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36. Lines that connect points of equal temperature on a weather map are called _______
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37. Isotherms
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38. What is issued when severe weather has been spotted in a given area?
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39. Warning
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40. The heat energy that is absorbed or released by a substance during a phase change is ________
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41. Latent Heat
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42. What can be used to monitor marine conditions?
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43. Weather Satellite
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44. What type of storm have meteorologists tried to control by freezing nuclei?
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45. Hurricanes
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46. Doppler radar and satellite images provide information to make what kind of model?
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47. Weather Model
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48. What type of path does a tornado take if it touches down?
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49. Haphazard path
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50. 2 major factors used to identify climate are:
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51. Temperature & precipitation
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