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Weather And Climate Flashcards

1
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Is the force exerted into a surface by the weight of air.

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Air pressure

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2
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The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet

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Atmosphere

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3
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An instrument measuring atmosphere pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude

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Barometer

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4
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Another term for atmospheric pressure

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Barometric pressure

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5
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Scale of temperature in witch water freezes at 0* and boils at 100* under standard conditions

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Celsius

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6
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The weather conditions in an area in general or over a long period or time

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Climate

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7
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A visible mass of vapor

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Cloud

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8
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Carried water vapor

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Cumulonimbus cloud

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9
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More vertical line

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Cumulus cloud

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10
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Water droplets turn in to dew after a point of time

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Dew point

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11
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Low rainfall

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Drought

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12
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The temperature at witch a liquid turns into a solid when cold or cooled

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Freezing point

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13
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A storm with a violet winds

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Hurricane

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14
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The front of something

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Front

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15
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a rotating funnel-shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado or waterspout.

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funnel cloud

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16
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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

17
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pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.

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Hail

18
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the state or quality of being humid.

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humidity

19
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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

20
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the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

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precipitation

21
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a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.

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thunder

22
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a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.

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Thunder storms

23
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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

24
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an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour (62 kilometers per hour) or less. Origin of tropical depression Expand.

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tropical depression

25
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a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.

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typhoon

26
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the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

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weather

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