Weather Vocab. Flashcards
1
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Air pressure
A
Pressure within the atmosphere of earth
2
Q
Tropical
A
Typical or peculiar to the tropics
3
Q
Celsius
A
Temperature in which water freezes at 0 and boils at 100 under standard conditions
4
Q
Cumulus cloud
A
Have flat bases are often described as puffy
5
Q
Currie cloud
A
Characterized by thin,wispy strands
6
Q
Thermometer
A
Closed gas tubes containing liquids and it measures the air temp.
7
Q
Tropical depression
A
When a low pressure is near thunderstorms that produces a circular wind flow with max winds below 39mph
8
Q
Ocean current
A
Directed movement of sea water
