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Vocabulary to go with 7th Grade Weather Unit
Terms in this set (16)
Weather
the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
Climate
the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
Warm Front
the front of an advancing mass of warmer air
Cold Front
the front of an advancing mass of colder air
Occluded Front
(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
Thermometer
measuring instrument for measuring temperature
Jet Stream
a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere
Cloud
A collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals
Ocean Current
the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
Air Mass
a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height
Atmosphere
the mass of air surrounding the Earth
Precipitation
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
Weather Map
a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region
Conduction
the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching
Convection
the transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas
Front
(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
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