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Atmosphere

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1.Globe The earth.
2.Map A representation,usually on a flat surface.
3.Meteorologists The science dealing with the atmosphere.
4.Geologist A person who specializes in geologic research and study.
5.Seismologist The science or study of earthquakes.
6.Volcanologist A person who studies the processes involved in the formation and eruptive activity of volcanoes
7.Vortex A mass of whirling air or fluid.
8.Hurricane A storm with violent wind.
9.Tornado A mobile,destructive vortex of violently rotating winds.
10.Eye Mostly clam weather happens,it's roughly circular area.
11.Funnel Cloud Forming the core of a tornado or waterspout.
12.Cyclone Winds rotating inward to an area, a blanket that surrounds us.
13.Typhoon A tropical storm in the region of the Indian and western Pacific ocean
14.Atmosphere Gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
15.Nitrogen The chemical element of atomic number 7.
16.Carbon Dioxide A colorless,odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration.
17.Greenhouse gases A gas the contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation.
18.Water Vapor Being produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water or from the sublimation of ice.
19.Stratosphere The layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere.
20.Mesosphere The region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the Thermosphere.
21.Ionosphere The layer of the earth's atmosphere that contains a high concentration of ions and free electrons.
22.Exosphere The outermost region of a planet's atmosphere.
23.Trosphere The lowest region of the atmosphere.
24.Thermosphere The region of the upper atmosphere.
25.Goes-and-Poes Satelitles They revolve around the earth passing over the North and South Polar regions with each revolution.
26.Tornado Alley An area of the Great Plains centered on eastern Kansas and Oklahoma.
27.Isobar A line on a map connecting points having the some atmospheric pressure at a given time
28.Isotherm A line on a map connecting points having the same temperature at a given time
29.Unstable air mass The lowest layers of an air mass must be so warm and humid that if some of the air rises then that air parcel is warmer than its environment
30.Stable air mass Atmospheric stability is a measure of the atmosphere's tendency to encourage or deter vertical motion
31.Weather The state of the atmosphere at a place and time
32.Climate The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general
33.Convection The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder,denser material to sink under the influence of gravity.
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