Air Pressure and Weather

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Air pressure ___________as altitude increases.

A front is a line of separation between __________and _________ air masses.

Hurricanes gather heat and energy through contact with ____________.

A(n) ___________is a combination of two fronts that form when a cold front catches up and overtakes a warm front.

A _________ is a boundary between two air masses, one cool and the other warm, moving so that the warmer air replaces the cooler air.

A __________ is a violent rotating column of air over land extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.

A ________ is a boundary between two air masses, one cold and the other warm, moving so that the colder air replaces the warmer air.

Meteorologists use a ______________to measure the pressure of the air when studying the weather.