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Weather & Climate Vocabulary Flashcards

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1
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The force that air puts on an area

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Air Pressure

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Layers of gases that surround a planet

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Atmosphere

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A tool used to measure air pressure

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Barometer

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

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Barometric Pressure

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The metric temperature scale

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Celsius

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The average weather conditions in an area

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Climate

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A collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere

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Cloud

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Anvil-shaped cloud that is often involved in heavy or violent storms; AKA: thunderheads

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Cumulonimbus Cloud

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Large, fluffy, white clouds, often seen in fair skies, that can develop into cumulonimbus clouds

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Cumulus Cloud

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

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Dew Point

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A prolonged shortage of rainfall

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Drought

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The temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid

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Freezing Point

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A storm with strong winds and rain that forms over tropical waters

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Hurricane

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The boundary between two masses of air with different properties

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Front

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a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that does not touch the ground

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Funnel Cloud

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The slow warming of the Earth’s atmosphere, due to climatic change

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Global Warming

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Small, icy balls that fall from the sky

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Hail

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The measure of how much water vapor is in the air

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Humidity

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The study of patterns of weather

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Meteorology

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Water that is released from clouds in the sky, including rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain

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Precipitation

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

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Thunder

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A weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds, lightning, and thunder

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Thunderstorm

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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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Tornado

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

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Tropical Depression

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A hurricane or tropical storm originating in the Pacific Ocean

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Typhoon

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

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Weather

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