Climate

Question 1

the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air

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Air pressure

Question 2

a type of climate typical in the tropics

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Tropical

Question 3

a system of measuring temperature where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees

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Celsius

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Mostly, cumulus indicates fair weather

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Cumulus Cloud

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Cirrus clouds are short, detached, hair-like clouds found at high altitudes

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Cirrus Cloud

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instrument for determining temperature

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Thermometer

Question 7

a tropical cyclone that has maximum sustained surface winds

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Tropical Depression

Question 8

the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind

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Ocean Current

Question 9

the temperature the air needs to be cooled to (at constant pressure) in order to achieve a relative humidity

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Dew Point

Question 10

when warm moist air over water begins to rise.

Answer 10

Hurricane

Question 11

arid land with little or no vegetation

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Desert

Question 12

a tropical cyclone with the maximum wind of 34 knots or higher

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Typhoon

Question 13

a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or in a gas

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Humidity

Question 14

a prophecy, estimate, or prediction of a future happening or condition

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Forecast

Question 15

is the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body

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Atmosphere

Question 16

when a thunderstorm updraft lifts a water droplet above the freezing level in the atmosphere

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Hail

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A rain-bearing cloud that also produces lightning

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Thunderstorm

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an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space

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Cloud

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water that falls to the earth as hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow

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Precipitation

Question 20

period of abnormally dry weather sufficiently prolonged for the lack of water to cause serious hydrologic imbalance in the affected area

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Drought

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mark the boundary between two different air masses

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Front

Question 22

who observes, studies, or forecasts the weather.

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Meteorologist

Question 23

the temperature at which the liquid solvent and solid solvent are at equilibrium

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Freezing Point

Question 24

severe thunderstorms in warm, moist, unstable air along and ahead of cold fronts

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Tornado

Question 25

menacing looking multi-level clouds

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Cumulonimbus Cloud

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the sound caused by a nearby flash of lightning and can be heard for a distance of only about 10 miles from the lightning strik

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Thunder

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the state of the atmosphere, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover

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Weather

Question 28

whirling column of air and water mist.

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Waterspout

Question 29

Atmospheric pressure is an indicator of weather

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Barometer

Question 30

burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests and farming livestock

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Global Warming

Question 31

the measure of hotness or coldness expressed

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Temperature

Question 32

an indicator of weather.

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Barometric Pressure

Question 33

by vertical stretching of vorticity

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Funnel Cloud

Question 34

the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area

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Climate