Science 2 Flashcards
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Air pressure
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- The force that air puts in an area (related word: pressure.)
2
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Tropical
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- Tropical climates typically have very warm temperatures throughout the years.
3
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Celsius
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- The metric temperature scale: water boils at 100 degrees Celsius and it freezes 0 degrees Celsius.
4
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Cumulus cloud
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- Large, fluffy, white clouds, often seen in fair skies; can develop into cumulonimbus clouds.
5
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Cirrus cloud
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- Thin, wispy-looking clouds; commonly found at heights greater than 6 km.
6
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Thermometer
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- A device used to measure temperature.
7
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Tropical depression
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- A region of low pressure with counter- clockwise wind rotation that develops into a hurricane or tropical storm.
8
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Ocean current
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- Large-scale movement of water within the oceans in a certain direction.
9
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Dew point
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- Large-scale movement of water within the oceans in a certain direction.
10
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Hurricane
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- A storm with strong winds and rain that forms over tropical waters (related term:typhoon, tropical, cyclone)
11
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Dessert
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An area that gets little precipitation and has very little vegetation
12
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Typhoon
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- A hurricane or tropical storm originating in the Pacific Ocean.
13
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Humidity
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- The measure of how much water vapor in the air.
14
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Forecast
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- To analyze weather data and make an educated guess about weather in the future; a prediction about what the weather will be like in the future based in weather data.
15
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Atmosphere
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- Layers of gas that surround a planet (related word: atmosphere)
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Hail
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- Small, icy balls that fall from the sky.
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Thunderstorm
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- A weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds lightning, and thunder.
18
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Cloud
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- A collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere.
19
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Precipitation
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- A prolonged shortage of rainfall.
20
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Drought
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- In weather, the boundary between two masses of air with different properties.
21
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Front
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- The study of patterns of weather.
22
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Metorology
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- The temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid.
23
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Freezing point
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F
24
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Tornado
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T
25
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Cumulonimbus cloud
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C
26
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Thunder
A
WV
27
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Weather
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S
28
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Waterspout
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W
29
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Barometer
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B
30
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Global waning
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G
31
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Temperature
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T
32
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Barometric pressure
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B
33
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Funnel cloud
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F
34
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Climate
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C
