Vocabulary terms
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| force | a push or a pull with a size and direction
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| pressure | force on a given area
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| barometer | instrument used to measure air pressure
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| mercury | type of barometer that uses a liquid metal
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| aneroid | type of barometer that contains a spring
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| millibar | scientific unit for measuring air pressure
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| 14.7 pounds per square inch | the value for air pressure at sea level
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| inches of mercury | everyday unit for measuring air pressure
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| 28 to 31 | the values for air pressure in inches
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| 948 to 1050 | the values for air pressure in millibars
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| up and counterclockwise | air movement in a low pressure system
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| down and clockwise | air movement in a high pressure system
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| isobar | lines on a weather map connecting areas of equal pressure
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| fair weather | type of weather in a high pressure system
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| stormy weather | type of weather in a low pressure system
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| decrease | Isobars _________ in value as you approach the center of a low pressure area.
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| increase | Isbars __________ in value as you approach the center of a high pressure area.
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| 4 mb | The difference in value between two isobars.
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| snow, rain, sleet | examples of precipitation
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| blue H | symbol for a high pressure system
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| red L | symbol for a low pressure system
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