Weather Vocabulary Flashcards

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Air pressure

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This is the pressure within the atmosphere of earth

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Tropical

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Caricterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes

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Celsius

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Of or denoting a scale of temperature on witch water freezes at 0degrease and boils at 100 degrees under standard conditions

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Cumulus cloud

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These are clouds with have flat bases and are often deceived as fluffy.

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Cirrus cloud

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This is a genus of a atmosphere cloud generally characterized by this wispy strands.

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Thermometer (weather definition)

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An instrument that measures temperature, typically on considering of a arrow.

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Tropical depression

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This forms in a low pressure area is accompanied by thunderstorms

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Ocean current

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This is a continuous direct movement of sea water.

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Dew point

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Th temperature at at witch water vapor in the condenses into water.

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Hurricane

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A tropical cyclone with wind 74 miles per hour or greater.

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Desert

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A dry baran area of land

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Typhoon

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A hurricane or tropical storm originating in the Pacific Ocean.

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Humidity

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The quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.

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Forecast

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Predict estimate when the weather will happen

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Atmosphere

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The envelope meant of gasses around the earth

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Cloud

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Visible mass of considering water vapor floating in the atmosphere high above the ground

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Precipitation

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Water is released from the clouds in the sky, includes rain, snow and hail.

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Drought

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A deficiency in precipitation over an extended period, usually a season or more.

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Front

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The boundary between two dissimilar air masses

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Meteorology

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A branch of science concerned with the process and phono mono of the atmosphere.

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Freezing point

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A temperature witch a liquid turns into a solid.

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Tornado

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a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

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Cumulibouse cloud

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A Denver towering towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms and atmosphere instability

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Thunder

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A loud noise that happens when lightening heats the air.

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Weather

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The state of the atmosphere at the place and time.

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Waterspout

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a rotating column of water and spray formed by a whirlwind occurring over the sea or other body of water.

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Barometer

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A tool used to measure presure

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Global warming

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a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere

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Global warming

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The slow warming of the earths atmosphere due to climate change.

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Temperature

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the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.

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Barometric pressure

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The pressure of the atmosphere against a surface

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Funnel cloud

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A rotating funnel shaped cloud that does not touch the ground.

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Climate

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The characteristics weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

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Hail

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Small icy balls that fall from the sky.