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Meteorology

Unit 4 vocab

TermDefinition
Atmosphere the air all around us
Troposphere where clouds form and weather occurs
Ionosphere layer of electrically charged particles in the troposphere
Ozone Layer protects us from UV radiation
Chloroflurocarbon a group of chemical compounds
Radiation energy transferred by waves or rays
Conduction transfer of energy that occurs when molecules collide
Convection transfer of heat by the flow of material
Hydrosphere all the water on Earth's surface
Condensation process of a gas turning into a liquid
Coriolis Effect the cause of moving air and water turning left in the southern hemisphere and right in the north
Jet Stream narrow belt of strong winds
Sea Breeze movement of air from sea to land during the day
Land Breeze movement of air from land to sea at night
Humidity amount of water vapor in the air
Dew Point temperature at which air is saturated
Precipitation water falling from clouds
Weather Front a boundary between 2 masses of air
Weather Station Model symbolic illustration showing weather occuring at a given reporting station
Climate average weather pattern within an area
El Nino climactic event occurring in the tropical Pacific Ocean
Global Warming increase of Earth's average temperature
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