Vocab For Elements Of Weather Flashcards
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Precipitation
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Any form of water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground.
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What is Insolation
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Insolation is the amount of the sun’s energy that reaches the earth.
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Thermometer
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Thermometers tell the temperature by the alcohol in side it heating up.
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Air pressure
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The force put on on a given area by the air above it
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Fronts (warm and cold)
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The boundary between two air masses
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Jet streams
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The jet stream is a high altitude wind caused by large temperature diff erences
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Air mass
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A large region of the atmosphere in which the air has similar properties.
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Barometers
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Barometers measure the air pressure
