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weather

TermDefinition
large tropical storm with very high winds and heavy rainfall hurricane
small funnel of quickly spinning air tornado
Layer in the atmosphere that most weather takes place troposphere
instrument which measures wind speed anemometer
large body of air that has the same air temperature and air moisture throughout air mass
thin, feather like clouds found high in the troposphere; made of ice crystals cirrus
large, puffy clouds usually seen in stormy weather. cumulus
heavy layer of clouds seen near earth's surface, usually means precipitation stratus
a prediction of what future weather will be weather forecast
a scientist who studies weather meteorologist
the amount of water vapor in the air humidity
The state of the air at a certain place & time weather
layer if air that surrounds the earth atmosphere
water in the form of gas water vapor
mass of tiny water droplets or ice particles in the air cloud
the average kinetic energy in the particles of a substance temperature
instrument used to measure temperature thermometer
metric temperature scale Celsius
force of the atmosphere pressing down on earth air pressure
instrument used to measure air pressure barometer
moving air from high pressure to low pressure wind
instrument used to tell the direction from which the wind is blowing wind vane
instrument used to measure humidity(moisture/water vapor in the air) hygrometer
the process of liquid changing to a gas evaporation
the process of gas changing to a liquid condensation
any form of water that falls from the clouds to the earth precipitation
instrument used to measure the amount of precipitation rain gauge
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