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Science Weather
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Globe | A round model of the earth |
| Map | A representation of a place |
| Meterologist | Study's the earth's atmosphere |
| Geologist | Study's the history and structure of the earth |
| Seismologist | Study's earthquakes |
| Volcanologist | Study's volcanoes and the earths internal heat |
| Vortex | The circulation of liquids or gases |
| Hurricane | A big rotating wind and rainstorm |
| Tornados | A funnel created by wind |
| Eye | The center of a hurricane |
| Funnel Cloud | A could in which tornadoes are formed |
| Cyclone | Located Indian Ocean or off the coast of Australia |
| Typoon | Located in the western pacific ocean |
| Atmoshpere | Air which is made up of 5 layers |
| Nitrogen | A colorless odorless chemical element that makes up 78% of the atmosphere |
| Carbon Dioxide | A colorless odorless gas in he atmosphere |
| Green house gases | Any gas that absorbs solar radiation |
| Water vapor | molecules of water |
| Stratosphere | You fly a jet plane in this one of the layers of the atmosphere |
| Mesosphere | Middle layer of the atmosphere |
| Ionosphere | Almost no oxygen, one of the layers of the atmosphere |
| Exoshpere | Outer layer |
| Troposphere | Layer we live in |
| Themospere | The Ionosphere and exosphere combind |
| Goes and pose satelites | 2 types of main satilites |
| Tornado ally | Regions of the united states |
| Isobar | lines on a weather map joining places that have the same air pressure |
| Isotherms | Lines on a weather map joining places that have the same temperature |
| Unstable airmass | Stormy weather |
| Stable airmass | Nice clear weather |
| Weather | The state of the atmosphere at anytime or place |
| Climate | Weather for a long period of time |