Weather🌫🌧☀️☔️🌩 Flashcards
the force that air puts on an area
Air pressure
layers of gas that surround a planet
Atmosphere
a tool used to measure air pressure
Barometer
the pressure (force per unit area) of the atmosphere against a surface
Barometric pressure
the metric temperature scale
Celsius
the current or past long-term weather conditions characteristic of a region or the entire Earth.
Climate
a collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere
Cloud
anvil-shaped cloud that is often involved in heavy or violent storms
cumulonimbus cloud
large, fluffy, white clouds, often seen in fair skies; can develop into cumulonimbus clouds
Cumulus clouds
the temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses into water
Dew point
a prolonged shortage of rainfall
Drought
the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid
Freezing point
a storm with strong winds and rain that forms over tropical water
Hurricane
in weather, the boundary between two masses of air with different properties
Front
a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud
Funnel cloud