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Science words
Question | Answer |
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rain gauge | an instrument for measuring rainfall |
relative humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air |
stratosphere | the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles above the earth |
temperature | a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value |
thermometer | an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes |
thermosphere | the region of the upper atmosphere in which temperature increases with altitude, the layer above the mesosphere. |
troposphere | the lowest layer of the atmosphere |
water vapor | a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water |
weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc |
wind | |
tornado | |
storm |