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Weather

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The day to day changes in the atmosphere

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Climate

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The average weather conditions in the atmosphere over a period of 30 years

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Temperature

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How hot or cold something is

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Precipitation

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Water falling from the sky, it could fall as rain, hail, sleet or snow

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Wind speed

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How fast the wind is blowing

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Wind direction

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The direction from the wind blows FROM

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Air pressure

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The weight of air pressing

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Air mass

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A huge block of air moving over the earth; it can be warm or cold, wet or dry, depending on where it came from

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Atmosphere

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The layer of gas around the earth; we call it the lower part of it air

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Barometer

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An instrument for measuring air pressure

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Cloud cover

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How much of the sky is hidden by cloud; given in eighths (okras)

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Meteorologist

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A person who studies weather and climate

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Wind vane

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An instrument for showing the wind direction

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Troposphere

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The lower layer of the atmosphere where our weather can be found

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Degrees Celsius

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The unit of measurement for temperature

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MM

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The unit of measurement used for precipitation

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Compass directions

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The unit of measurement for wind direction

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Knots/MPH

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The unit of measurement for wind speed

19
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On a climate graph, what two aspects of the weather are shown?

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Temperature and rainfall

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On a climate graph, how is temperature shown?

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As a line graph (in red)

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On a climate graph, how is rainfall shown?

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As a bar chart (in blue)

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Clouds

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Made up of very small water droplets which are suspended in the air

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Hydrological cycle

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Water cycle

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Evaporation

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The process where water changes from a liquid to water vapour

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Condensation

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The process by which cooling water vapour turns into a liquid

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Surface run off

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The movement of water over the land, possibly as a river

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Transpiration

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Plants giving off water vapour from their leaves

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Groundwater

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Water that has sunk into the rocks below

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Cirrus clouds

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High level clouds made from ice crystals

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Cumulus clouds

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Medium level clouds which bring fair weather

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Cumulonimbus clouds

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Rain bearing clouds

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Stratus clouds

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Low level clouds that cover the sky

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