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Weather/Storms

QuestionAnswer
Globe representing earth as a sphere
Map representing earth or a part of the earth
Meterologist They study the earths atmosphere & monitor, study, & forecast the weather.
Geologist Study the history of the earth as it is recorded in rocks
Seismograph an intrument that scientist use it, records details of earthquakes
Volcanologist Study volcanoes & the earths internal heat
Vortex the movement of liqued gas in a spiral pattern
Hurricane a (Cyclone/Typhoon) that is in the Atlantic ocean & eastern pacific
Tornado a narrow, violently rotating column of air that spins in a spiral formation.
Eye the center of a (hurricane/Cyclone/Typhoon)
FunnelCloud During a severe thunder storm a rapidly rotating cloud
Cyclone a hurricane that is in the Weastern pacific Ocean
Typhoon a hurricane that is in the Indian ocean or off the Coast of Australia
atmosphere Its made of five layers Exosphere Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere
Nitrogen Water that has evaporated into a gas
Carbon Dioxide CO2 , dissolves in water to form carbonic acid
great house gases
water vaper
Stratoshphere 16-60 kilometers above troposphere. Jet stream. and no clouds
mesosphere 80 kilometers above earth, meteors burn above Stratosphere
Ionosphere 480 kilometers above earth, Elctricly charged particles called ions
Exoshere Outer most layer, space satellites, very little matter
Troposhpere Where we live, weather &clouds
Thermoshpere The exosphere & Ionosphere combined
Gases+Poes Satelites operates a constellation of weather satellites in polar orbits around the Earth
tornado ally more than the average number of tornadoes, as in the Midwest
Isobar marking places of equal barometric pressure
Isotherm Having the same temperature at a given time or the same mean temperature for a given period
Unstable air masses Stormy weather
Stable air masses Nice weather
Weather heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness
Climate condition of the weather, like temp.
convection
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