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Wheather
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| weather | the condition of earths atmosphere at a particular time and place |
| meteorologists | scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it |
| forecast | a prediction of what the weather will be in the future |
| temperature | the average amount of energy of motion in the molecules of a substances |
| convection | the transfer of heat by movements of a fluid |
| humidity | a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air |
| relative humidity | the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount the air can hold at that temperature |
| wind | the horizontal movement of air from an area high pressure to an area of lower pressure |
| cumulus | clouds that form less than 2 kilometers above the ground and look like fluffy rounded piles of cotton |
| stratus | clouds that form in flat layers |
| cirrus | wispy,feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals that form at high levels above about 6 kilometers |
| thermometer | an instrument used to measure temperature consisting of a thin glass tube with a bulb on one end that contains a liquid |
| anemometer | an instrument used to measure wind speed |
| psychrometer | an instrument used to measure relative humidity consisting of a wet bulb thermometer and a dry bulb thermometer |
| air mass | a huge body of air that has similar temperature pressure and humidity throughout |
| front | the area where air masses meet and do not mix |
| cold front | when a cold air mass pushes against a warm air mass |
| warm front | when a warm air mass pushes against a cold air mass |
| tornado | a rapidly whirling funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch earths surfaces usually leaving a destructive path |
| hurricane | a tropical storm that has winds of 119 km per hour or higher typically about 600 km arcross |