Weather Review

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What is meteorology?

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The study of weather and the atmosphere.

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Who studies weather?

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Meteorologists.

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What type of air mass is formed over land and is dry?

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Continental air mass.

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Do all clouds produce rain?

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False.

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What type of air mass is warm and humid?

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Warm/humid air mass.

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What is the term for a large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity?

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Air mass.

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What is the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs?

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Troposphere.

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What instrument measures atmospheric pressure?

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Barometer.

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What is precipitation?

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Any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from clouds to the ground.

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What is a weather front?

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A boundary between two different air masses.