Science Flashcards

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Climate

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Weather conditions over a big region over time

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Weather

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A state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place

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Meteorologist

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A person who studies weather

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Vortex

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The moving on a spiral axis

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Thunderstorm

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A disturbance in the atmosphere

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Stratus

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Flat hazy shapeless clouds

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Cirrus

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High wispy thin clouds

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Cumulus

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Puffy rounded clouds that formed large altitude

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Cumulonimbus

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Thunderstorm clouds associated with precipitation and lightning even tornados

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Barometric pressure

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The pressure exerted by the atmosphere

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Air pressure

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The weight of air

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Anemometer

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An instrument for measuring the force of velocity of the wind a wind gage

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Saffir Simpson scale

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Measures hurricane strength

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Enhanced Fujita scale

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Scale that measures the strength of a tornado

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Troposphere

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Contains most gases

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Stratosphere

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Has the ozone layer

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Hurricane Eye

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The calm center of a hurricane

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Hurricane wall

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The wall of rotating cloud surrounding a hurricanes Eye

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Ozone

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Absorbs the suns ultraviolet rays

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Condensation

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The process by which water vapor changes from a gas to a liquid

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Mesosphere

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The part of the atmosphere and the troposphere in the thermosphere in which temperature decreases with altitude

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Thermosphere

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Is the closest layer to the sun

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Evaporation

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The process by which water changes from a liquid to an invisible gas called water vapor

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Greenhouse effect

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Process which thermal radiation is absorbed

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Seabreeze
When it is daytime
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Land breeze
During the night
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Low-pressure
Whirling mass of air that generally bring stormy weather with strong winds
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High-pressure
Whirling mass of cool dry air that generally brings Fairweather and light winds this brings sunshine
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Sublimation
Direct the transition from a liquid to a gas
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Transpiration
Process of which moist air travels
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Hurricane
A massive storm with large wonds form | In near the northern equator
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Tropical storm
And organize low-pressure system storms over warm ocean
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Convection current
The process of which air flows when hot air rises and cold air sinks
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Air mass
A body of air with the same temperature and moisture throughout
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Global winds
Giant convection currents that circulate with in the northern and southern hemisphere of the earth
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Prevailing westerly
From west to east
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Trade easterlies
Air from east to west
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Water cycle
Describes continuous movement of water
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Cold front
The leading edge of a cold air mass it occurs when a cold air mass pushes a warm air mass ahead of it
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Warm front
A boundary that occurs when a moving warm air mass overrides a cold in front of it