Science Flashcards
Climate
Weather conditions over a big region over time
Weather
A state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
Meteorologist
A person who studies weather
Vortex
The moving on a spiral axis
Thunderstorm
A disturbance in the atmosphere
Stratus
Flat hazy shapeless clouds
Cirrus
High wispy thin clouds
Cumulus
Puffy rounded clouds that formed large altitude
Cumulonimbus
Thunderstorm clouds associated with precipitation and lightning even tornados
Barometric pressure
The pressure exerted by the atmosphere
Air pressure
The weight of air
Anemometer
An instrument for measuring the force of velocity of the wind a wind gage
Saffir Simpson scale
Measures hurricane strength
Enhanced Fujita scale
Scale that measures the strength of a tornado
Troposphere
Contains most gases
Stratosphere
Has the ozone layer
Hurricane Eye
The calm center of a hurricane
Hurricane wall
The wall of rotating cloud surrounding a hurricanes Eye
Ozone
Absorbs the suns ultraviolet rays
Condensation
The process by which water vapor changes from a gas to a liquid
Mesosphere
The part of the atmosphere and the troposphere in the thermosphere in which temperature decreases with altitude
Thermosphere
Is the closest layer to the sun
Evaporation
The process by which water changes from a liquid to an invisible gas called water vapor
Greenhouse effect
Process which thermal radiation is absorbed