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Question 1

Air pressure

Answer 1

The definition of air pressure is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air. An example of air pressure is the average sea-level air pressure of 101.325 kPA.

Question 2

Tropical

Answer 2

of, relating to, occurring in, or suitable for use in the tropics tropical forests a tropical disease. b : of, being, or characteristic of a region or climate that is frost-free with temperatures high enough to support year-round plant growth given sufficient moisture tropical Florida.

Question 3

Celsius

Answer 3

relating to, conforming to, or having the international thermometric scale on which the interval between the triple point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 99.99 degrees with 0.01° representing the triple point and 100° the boiling point

Question 4

Cumulus cloud

Answer 4

a dense puffy cloud form having a flat base and rounded outlines often piled up like a mountain

Question 5

Cirrus cloud

Answer 5

a high wispy white cloud usually of minute ice crystals formed at altitudes between about 20,000 and 40,000 feet (6,000 and 12,000 meters)

Question 6

Thermometer

Answer 6

an instrument for determining temperature

Question 7

Tropical depression

Answer 7

A tropical depression is a tropical cyclone that has maximum sustained surface winds

Question 8

Ocean current

Answer 8

Ocean currents are the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind

Question 9

Dew point

Answer 9

the temperature at which a vapor (such as water) begins or would begin to condense