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What is thought to have caused the ice ages

Earth's Precession

Ocean and wind currents are both caused by

uneven insolation

What kind of air would be characteristic of a maritime tropical air mass

Warm, humid

Why do bodies of water tend to moderate temperature swings from day to day

Water has a high heat capacity.

What Latin word related to clouds means wispy

Cirrus.

Cirrus clouds are wispy or curly. Cirrus means "wispy."

When will condensation occur

When the surface temp. drops below the dew point temp

A hygrometer uses hair to measure

humidity

Wind shear can result in the formation of a

Wind shear can result in the formation of a tornado.

A front forms where two of different temperature meet each other

air masses

Clouds form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools to

Its Dew Point

The keeps the climate of Great Britain warmer than it would normally be

the gulf stream

What does the L symbol indicate on a weather map

What does this symbol indicate on a weather map?

low pressure

The method is forecasting method based on the idea that the weather on any day will not change much from day before it

Persistence

When a cold air mass catches up to a warm air mass its called a what

When a cold FRONT catches up to a warm FRONT it is called an occluded front.

When a cold AIR MASS displaces a warmer AIR MASS it is a cold front.
Occluded front

When the barometric reading is falling and the humidity is increasing what type of wether occurs

Rain is on the way

Which climate zone tends to have cold winters and warm summers

Temperate climates have cold winters and warm summers.

What condition is required for all thunderstorms

For starters, the thing you will need for all storms is Low Air Pressure. So you will always need this for all thunderstorms.

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