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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Air Pressure

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The force that air puts on an area

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Atmosphere

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The layer of gases that surround a planet.

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Barometer

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A tool used to measure air pressure

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Barometric pressure

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The pressure (force per unit area) of the atmosphere against a surface.

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5
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Celsius

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The metric temperature scale.

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Climate

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The characteristic weather conditions in a area over a long period of time

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Cloud

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Visible mass of condensed water vapor

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Cumulonimbus

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A dense towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms.

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Drought

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A deficiency of precipitation over a extended period.

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Cumulus cloud

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Puffy clouds that sometimes looks like cotton balls

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Dew point

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The temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses into water.

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Tropical

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Very hot and humid.

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Cirrus cloud

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Thin, wispy strands of clouds

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Thermometer

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An instrument or tool used to measure of the temperature.

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Tropical depression

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A low pressure area.

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Ocean current

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A continuous, directed movement of sea water.

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Hurricane

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A storm with violent winds near the tropics.

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Desert

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A land of region that gets very little precipitation.

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Typhoon

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A tropical storm in the region of western Pacific Ocean.

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Forecast

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A prediction of future events.

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Hail

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Pellets of frozen rain that falls in cold showers.

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Thunderstorm

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Heavy rain with lightning and thunder.

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Precipitation

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Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground

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Front

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A boundary of two masses of air which have different densities.

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Meteorology

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A scientist or person who studies on weather.

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Freezing point

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The temperature point of which liquid water freezes into a solid like ice.

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Tornado

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A mobile, destructive funnel with violent rotating winds.

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Thunder

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A loud, rumbling or crashing sound after a lightning bolt strikes the ground.

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Weather

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The state of the atmosphere at a place.

30
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Waterspout

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A rotating column of water and spray formed by whirlwind.

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Global warming

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The gradual increase in the overall temperature of the world’s atmosphere due to the loads the carbon dioxide being released into the air.

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Temperature

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A degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object.

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Funnel cloud

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A rotating funnel shaped cloud forming in the core of a tornado or waterspout.

34
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Cumulonimbus Cloud

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a dense, towering vertical cloud, forming from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents.

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