Weather & Climate
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 weather | the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place |
| humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air |
| precipitation | the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) |
| air mass | a body of air that has about the same temperature and moisture throughout |
| front | the boundary between two different air masses |
| barometer | measures air pressure |
| air pressure | the pressure exerted by the atmosphere |
| wind | air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure |
| anenometer | measures wind speed |
| wind vane | measures wind direction |
| cloud | a suspended mass of water or ice particles |
| hurricane | tropical storm with violent wind and heavy rain which forms over the ocean |
| tornado | a violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground |
| thunderstrom | storm with lighting and thunder |
| troposphere | the atmosphereic layer closest to Earth, where almost all weather occurs |
| climate | Overall weather in an area over a long period of time |
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