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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what the lower atosphere is like at any given place or time | weather |
| a line on a weather map connecting places with equal air pressure | isobar |
| the layer of the atmosphere closet to earths surface. | trosphere |
| water in the form of gas | water vapor |
| a circular pattern of air rising air sinking and wind | convection cell |
| the curving of the path of a moving object caused by earths rotation. | coriolis effect |
| wind that blows from sea to land | sea breeze |
| the blanket of gases that surrounds earth | atmossphere |
| the amount of water vapor in the air | humidtey |
| a high altitude cloud with a feather like shape made of ice crystals | cirrus cloud |
| the slow change of liquid into a gas | evaporation |
| wind that blows from land to sea | land breeze |
| the amount of the suns energy that reaches earth at a given time or place. | insolation |
| a comparision between how much WATER VAPOR IS IN THE AIR AND HOW MUCH THE AIR COULD HOLD AT A GIVEN TEMPITURE IF IT WERE FULL OR SATURED. | relative humidity |
| THE FORCE PUT ON A GIVEN AREA BY THE WIEGHT OF THE AIR ABOVE IT. | AIR PRESSURE |
| A CLOUD THAT FORMS AT GROUND LEVEL | FOG |
| A CLOUD THAT FORMS IN A BLANKET LIKE A LAYER. | STRATUS CLOUD |
| AIR THAT MOVES HORIZONTALLY | WIND |
| A PUFFY CLOUD THAT APPERS TO RISE UP FROM A FLAT BUTTOM | CUMULUS CLOUD |
| A DEVICE FOR MEASURING AIR PRESSURE. | BAROMETER |
| THE CHANGING OF A GAS INTO LIQUID. | CONDENSATION |
| ANY FORM OF WATER FAILING FROM A CLOUD SLEET,SNOW,HAIL,RAIN | PRECIPTATION |