Conceptual Integrated Science
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Author: Hewitt, Paul G., LYONS, Suzanne, (science Teacher), Suchocki, John, Yeh, Jennifer (jennifer Jean)
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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Chapter 26, Problem 90TE
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The front formed by a fast-moving cP air mass moving into a location of cT air mass, and the way in which the weather changes by the formed front.
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