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Science Weather
Term | Definition |
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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 |