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Weather Terms Flashcards

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Immediate conditions outside, such as sunny, sleet, snow, rain, etc.

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Weather

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Weather conditions tracked over time, to predict weather conditions in the future

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Climate

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Number that tracks the East-West location of a person based on their location from Greenwich England

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Longitude

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Number that tracks North-South based on location from the Equator

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Latitude

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Center horizontal line of the Earth

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Equator

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Heat transfer in water where warm water or gas rises and cold water or gas falls, vertically.

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Convection

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Heat transfer in water where heat is transferred vertically

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Advection

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The amount of light an object reflects

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Albedo Effect

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Something that will store a lot of heat

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Heat Sink

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Amoutn of heat required to heat something up

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Heat Capacity

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The air and layers surrounding the Earth

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Atmosphere

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The distance from Sea Level

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Altitude

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Systems that carry with them low pressure, usually colder.

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Low Pressure Systems

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Systems that carry with them high pressure, usually warmer.

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High Pressure Systems

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Tool that measures air pressure

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Barometer

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When air moves

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Wind

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The movement of air, in specific directions due to the Earth’s rotation.

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Coriolis Effect

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A current of wind the flows constantly and strongly in a specific direction.

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Jet Stream

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Easterly winds that flow from the poles of the Earth.

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Polar Easterlies

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Westerly winds that occur in the mid latitude region of the world.

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Mid Latitude Westerlies

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All the water on planet Earth

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Hydrosphere

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The way water is recycled on Earth

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Water Cycle

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Liquid to Gas

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Evaporation

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Gas to Solid

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Sublimation

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Solid to Gas

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Deposition

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Gas to Liquid

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Condensation

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Water seeming into the ground as ground water.

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Infiltration

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Water evaporating off plants and trees

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Transpiration

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Rain/Sleet/Snow or Hail

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Precipitation

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Clouds that are propelling upwards by convection currents

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Convection Clouds

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Clouds the form over mountains

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Orographic Clouds

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Low level clouds

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Fog

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Used to describe medium level clouds

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Alto

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Used to describe high level clouds

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Cirro-

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Bad weather clouds

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Nimbus

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The movement of a group of weather

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Weather Systems

37
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Transfer of energy through the collision of particles

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Conduction

38
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Most Northern latitude (23.5N) to receive sun’s vertical rays on June 21st

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Tropic of Cancer

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Most Southern latitude (23.5S) to receive sun’s vertical rays on December 21st

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Tropic Of Capricorn

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Most Northern latitude (66.5N) to receive sun’s rays on December 21st

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Arctic Circle

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Most Southern latitude (66.5S) to receive sun’s rays on June 21st

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Antarctic Circle

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Area between Arctic Circle Line and North Pole and the area between the Antarctic Circle line and the South pole

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Polar Region

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Area between circle lines and tropic lines

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Mid-altitude Region

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Area between Trpoic Lines

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Tropical Regions

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Energy through a vacuum and not a medium

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Radiation

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Complete set of radiation waves that can travel through empty space

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Atmospheric layer closest to the Earth’s surface

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Troposphere

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Far end of the first layer of the atmosphere

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Tropopause

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Second layer of the atmosphere 16-50km

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Stratosphere

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Third Layer of the atmosphere 50-80km

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Mesosphere

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Fourth Layer of the atmosphere 80-500km

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Thermosphere (ionosphere)

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Outer layer that meets up with space

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Exosphere

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Ozone thin layer of atmosphere used to absorb UV rays

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Ozone

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Air pressure that air particles exert as gravity pulls them toward earth

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Atmospheric Pressure

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Pressure gradients that can be shown on a map

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Horizontal Pressure Gradient

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Winds that blow in the same direction all the time

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Prevailing Winds

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Leading edge is called a front

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Front

58
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Clouds that form when two air masses of different temperatures meet

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Frontal Clouds

59
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Puffy clouds that are not blankets

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Cumulus Clouds

60
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Blanket clouds, not very puffy

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Stratus Clouds

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