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Unit E - Weather and Atmosphere (Vocab) Flashcards

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Meterologist

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Someone who predicts the weather

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Atmosphere

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Gases that surround a planet or moon

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Hydrologist

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Scientist studying distribution and movement of water

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Salinity

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How salty something is

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Solvent

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Substance that dissolves other substances

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Cloud

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Visible collection of water droplets in the sky

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Mesosphere

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Between stratosphere and thermosphere

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Stratosphere

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Between mesosphere and troposphere

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Thermosphere

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Above mesosphere

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Anemometer

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Device measuring wind speeds

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Exosphere

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Uppermost layer of earth’s atmosphere

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