 | Term | Definition |
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Meteorology |
Science of Weather |
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Weather |
atmospheric conditions at a certain time and place |
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Summer Solstice |
has the longest day and the shortest night of the year |
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Axis |
Imaginary line running throught the center of the earth |
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Jet Streams |
Powerful winds in the upper hemisphere |
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Squall Lines |
Long lines of thunderstorms |
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Anemometer |
used to measure wind's speed |
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Anderoid Barometer |
measures air pressure without mercury |
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Mercury Barometer |
measures air pressure with mercury |
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Hygrometer |
Measures humidity in the air |
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Maximum Thermometer |
Records Max Temperature in a given period of time |
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Minimum Thermometer |
Records Minimum temperature in a given period of time |
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Radiosonde |
instrument package carried by a weather balloon to record conditions at a higher altitude |
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Rain Gauge |
Measures precipitation |
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Thermograph |
Produces records of continuous temperature |
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Wind Vane |
Measures direction of wind |
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Parallels |
Imaginary lines around earth |
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Climate |
year round weather of a certain place |
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Front |
where two air masses meet |
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Dew Point |
point at which water vapor condenses |
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Humidity |
Amount of water vapor in the air |
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Monsoon |
Seasonal wind that blows from land to sea during the dry season and then from sea to land during the rainy season |
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Isobars |
Curved lines on a map of pressure differences that connect points where pressure reamins the same |
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Step Leader |
Invisible Strokes of Lightning coming from cloud to ground |
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Gravity Winds |
Kabatic Winds are also called |
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Trade Winds |
What kind of winds are located in the tropical zone? |
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Sun |
The basic cause of all weather |
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Desert |
When a climate receives less than ten inches of rain it can be classified as this |
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Taiga |
has the widest yearly temperature variations |
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Tundra |
This climate has permafrost |
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300 MPH |
How fast can a tornado's winds be? |
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Funnel Cloud |
A tornado's cloud is in the shape of this |
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Over Water |
A Hurricane forms here |
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75 MPH |
Hurricane wind's speed |
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Cold Front |
The fastest moving front |
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Stationary Front |
The result is poor weather that can hang around for days |
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Occluded Front |
Takes over Warm front |
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Stratus Cloud |
What kind of cloud is fog at ground level? |
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Condensation Nucleus |
Needed in order for water vapor to form into rain droplets and condense |
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Rainfall |
the two most important factors in describing a climate is Temperature and What? |
