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Storm Vocabulary Flashcards

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Air pressure

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

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Tropical

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Resembling the tropics, especially in being very hot and humid

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Celsius

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the scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°

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Cumulus cloud

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DescriptionCumulus clouds are clouds which have flat bases and are often described as puffy.

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Cirrus cloud

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DescriptionCirrus is a genus of atmospheric cloud

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Thermometer

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A tool for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube

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Tropical depression

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Tropical depression is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center,

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Ocean current

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A body of water that can cause I direct movement the flows in all the oceans

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Dew point

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Dew point is in the atmosphere temperature

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Hurricane

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A storm with violent winds in a tropical cyclone

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Desert

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A place we’re it is hot and humid and an abandon ecosystem

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Typhoon

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Is a tropical storm in the region of the Indian and western pacific oceans

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Humidity

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A place of being hot and represents the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere

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Forecast

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A prediction of what will happen with the weather

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Atmosphere

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Gases surrounding the earth or another planet or the air in any place

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Hail

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Pallets of frozen rain

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Thunderstorm

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A storm with thunder and lighting

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Cloud

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A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere

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Precipitation

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The action or process of precipitating a substance

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Drought

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a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall

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Front

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the side or part of an object that presents itself to view

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Meteorology

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the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere

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Freezing point

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A liquid turns into a solid when cooled

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Tornado

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A mobile destructive vortex of violent rotating winds

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Cumulonimbus cloud

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Towering vertical cloud forming from water vapor

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Thunder

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A loud crash or rumbling sound after lighting flash

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Weather

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a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain

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Waterspout

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A rotating column of water

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Barometer

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measuring atmospheric pressure

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Global warming

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a gradual increase in the overall temperature

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Temperatures

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A level of hot or cold during a time of day and what the heat or cold outside

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Barometric pressure

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Another term for atmospheric pressure

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Funnel cloud

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A rotating funnel shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado

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Climate

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The weather conditions prevailing in an area

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