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Air Pressure

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Answer: the force that air puts on an area (related word: pressure)

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Tropical

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Answer: describing a climate that is very hot and humid; describing an area of Earth that is near the equator

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Celsius

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Answer: the metric temperature scale: Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius, and it freezes at 0 degrees Celsius

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Cumulus Cloud

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Answer: large, fluffy, white clouds, often seen in fair skies; can develop into cumulonimbus clouds

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Cirrus Cloud

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Answer: thin, wispy-looking clouds; commonly found at heights greater than 6 km

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Thermometer (weather definition)

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Answer: a device used to measure temperature

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Tropical Depression

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Answer: a region of low pressure with counter-clockwise wind rotation that develops into a hurricane or tropical storm

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Ocean Current

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Answer: large-scale movement of water within the oceans in a certain direction

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Dew Point

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Answer: the temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses into water

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Hurricane

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Answer: a storm with strong winds and rain that forms over tropical waters (related term: typhoon, tropical cyclone)

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Desert

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Answer: an area that gets little precipitation and has very little vegetation

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Typhoon

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Answer: a hurricane or tropical storm originating in the Pacific Ocean

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Humidity

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Answer: the measure of how much water vapor is in the air

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Forecast

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Answer: (v) to analyze weather data and make an educated guess about weather in the future; (n) a prediction about what the weather will be like in the future based on weather data

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Atmosphere

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Answer: layers of gas that surround a planet (related word: atmospheric)

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Hail

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Answer: small, icy balls that fall from the sky

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Thunderstorm

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Answer: a weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds, lightning, and thunder

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Cloud

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Answer: a collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere

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Precipitation

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Answer: water that is released from clouds in the sky; includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain

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Drought

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Answer: a prolonged shortage of rainfall

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Front

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Answer: in weather, the boundary between two masses of air with different properties

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Meteorology

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Answer: the study of patterns of weather

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Freezing Point

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Answer: the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid

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Tornado

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Answer: a funnel-shaped cloud or column of air that rotates at high speeds and extends downward from a cloud to the ground

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Cumulonimbus Cloud

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Answer: anvil-shaped cloud that is often involved in heavy or violent storms: Cumulonimbus clouds are also called thunderheads. (related words: cumulus, nimbus)

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Thunder

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Answer: a loud noise that happens when lightning heats the air and causes it to expand and contract quickly

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Weather

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Answer: the properties of the atmosphere at a given time and location, including temperature, air movement and precipitation

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Waterspout

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Answer: a funnel-shaped cloud that forms over water and pulls water upward

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Barometer

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Answer: a tool used to measure air pressure (related word: barometric)

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Global Warming

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Answer: the slow warming of Earth’s atmosphere due to climatic change

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Temperature

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Answer: a measure of the average kinetic energy of the atoms in a system, used to express thermal energy in degrees.

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Barometric Pressure

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Answer: the pressure (force per unit area) of the atmosphere against a surface

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Funnel Cloud

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Answer: a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud: Funnel clouds do not touch the ground.

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Climate

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Answer: the current or past long-term weather conditions characteristic of a region or the entire Earth.

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