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Weather vocab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An instrument used by meteorologists, that travels up through the troposphere carrying instruments that later float back to earth called | weather balloon |
| Meteorologists use a thermometer to measure the(blank) in the air | temperature |
| Evaporated water in the atmosphere is called | water vapor |
| The measure of average temperture and precipitation amounts in a region for a long period of time | climate |
| A measurement of how much water vapor is in the air | humidity |
| Amount of force being applied to a surface by the atmosphere | air pressure |
| characterists of air include | mass-pressure, temperature and humidity |
| A sling psychomotor has how many thermometers | 2 |
| The layer of the atmosphere where all weather happens | troposphere |
| The very outer layer of the atmosphere that borders outer space | exosphere |
| The middle layer of the atmosphere where most meteoroids burn up | mesosphere |
| The thin layer of the atmosphere that protects us from ultraviolent rays | stratosphere |
| A layer of the atmosphere where radio signals are bounced off | ionosphere |
| What do isobars indicate | similar air pressure |
| What symbol on the map represents a cold front | triangles |
| What symbol on the map represents a warm front | half circles |
| when water vapor in the air gets cold and forms clouds | condensation |
| rain, hail, sleet, snow | precipitation |
| another word for collection | surface run off |
| water is brought up into the clouds | evaporation |
| Measures the temp | thermometer |
| Measures wind speed | anemometer |
| Measures relative humidity | sling psychrometer |
| Tells the air pressure in millibars | barometer |
| Tells which way the wind is blowing | wind vane |