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 Climate is the characteristic weather that prevails from season to season and year to year.

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2  Climate is the characteristic weather that prevails from season to season and year to year

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4  The condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place

5  The uneven heating of Earth’s surface is the cause of weather

6  form when air remains nearly stationary over a large section of Earth  take on the conditions of temperature and humidity from that location

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8  Boundaries between air masses  Precipitation occurs along the fronts

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12  1013 millibars is standard air pressure

13  Brings fair weather

14  Brings cloudy, unstable rainy weather

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16  The movement of air masses is determined by prevailing winds and upper air currents.

17 Prevailing winds in the US travel west to east

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22  Explain that hazardous weather conditions include thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, icestorms, and blizzards.

23  Humans can prepare for and respond to these conditions if given sufficient warning.


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