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Weather
Term | Definition | ELA terms | Definition |
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jet stream | "River" of wind up high in the atmosphere. | Fragile | delicated |
Fair | It is when the weather is great | weed | |
Anemometer | Measures wind speed | intermixed | |
Moist | It is when the weather is wet | compounded | |
Global winds | Winds that are high up in the atmosphere | stunned | |
Sea breeze | local wind that goes from sea to land | remembrance | |
Land breeze | local wind that goes from land to sea | feverish wheel | |
Weather vane | Measures wind direction | tumbling spokes | |
Barometer | instrument that measures air pressure | ||
Air pressure | The way of air pushing down on everything around it | ||
High pressure | It means "Happy" weather, clear skies and dry weather. | ||
Low pressure | It means "Sad" weather, cloudy skies and rainy weather. | ||
Cold front | Thunder storm, brief, heavy rain and strong wind, bring precipitation. | ||
Warm front | Long rain/snow, light wind, Nimbostratus. | ||
seasons | seasons are caused by the tilt of earths axis | ||
Cumulus cloud | Are the ones that are tall and fluffy. | ||
Cumulonimbus cloud | Tall cumulus that bring thunder storm | ||
nimbus cloud | a rain cloud | ||
Nimbustratus Cloud | Heavy rain/snow | ||
Stratus | Low level clouds that are like a blanket.\ | ||
Climate | Long period of weather | ||
Weather | The state of the Atmosphere |