Vocabulary :)

Question 1

Is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air

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Air Pressure

Question 2

the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

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Atmosphere

Question 3

an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.

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Barometer

Question 4

is the force exerted by the atmosphere at a given point.

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Barometric Pressure

Question 5

Unit of temperature

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Celsius

Question 6

the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

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Climax

Question 7

a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.

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Cloud

Question 8

is a dense towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms and atmospheric instability, forming from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents

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Cumulonimbus Cloud

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puffy clouds that sometimes look like pieces of floating cotton

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Cumulus Cloud

Question 10

the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.

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Dew Point

Question 11

a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.

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Drought

Question 12

the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.

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Freezing Point

Question 13

a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean

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Hurricane

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the side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.

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Front

Question 15

a rotating funnel-shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado or waterspout.

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Funnel Cloud

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a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.

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Global Warming

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pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.

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Hail

Question 18

a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or a gas.

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Humidity

Question 19

the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather.

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Meteorology

Question 20

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.

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Precipitation

Question 21

a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.

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Thunder

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a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.

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Thunderstorm

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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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Tornado

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forms when a low pressure area is accompanied by thunderstorms that produce a circular wind flow with maximum sustained winds below 39 mph.

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Tropical Depression

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a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E

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Typhoon

Question 26

the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

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Weather