Ch.2 Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Climate | The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
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| Humidity | The amount of water vapor in the air.
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| Relative Humidity | The ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a set temperature.
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| Cumulus Clouds | A cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base at fairly low altitude.
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| Stratus Clouds | Cloud forming a continuous horizontal, gray sheet often with rain or snow.
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| Cirrus Clouds | Cloud forming wispy filamentous tufted streaks at high altitude.
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| Cyclone | A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low atmospheric pressure with a counter clockwise or clockwise circulation.
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| Anticyclone | A weather system with high atmospheric pressure at it's center, around which air slowly circulates in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction.
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| Barometer | An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used esp. in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.
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| Anamometer | An instrument for measuring the speed of wind or of any current of gas.
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