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Weather
Term | Definition |
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Globe | the earth |
Map | a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea |
Meteroligist | an expert or study of meteorology |
Geoligist | is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter of the earth |
Seismoligist | is the study of seismic waves or energy waves |
Volcanoligist | a scientist who studies volcanoes |
Vortex | A whirling cloud of fluid or wind |
Hurricane | A huge whirling cloud with very violent wind |
Tornado | a rotating vortex of violent winds |
Eye | the calm region in the center of the hurricane |
Funnel cloud | a rotating funnel shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado |
Cyclone | a hurricane in the indian |
Typhoon | a hurricane in the pacific ocean |
atmosphere | the layer of air above the earth |
nitrogen | a very cold gas that is the most in our atmosphere at 78% |
carbon dioxide | carbon dioxide is a gas in ourair |
greenhouse gases | water vapor and carbon dioxide |
water vapor | a gas phase of water |
stratosphere | the layer that contains the ozone layer |
mesosphere | the layer above the stratosphere where meteors burn |
ionosphere | the layer where electrically charged particles called ions form |
exosphere | the outermost region of the atmosphere |
troposhere | the layer where humans live in |
thermosphere | the exosphere and the ionosphere combined |
goes and poes sattilites | Goes Montier a certain spot.Poes Go around the north and south polar regions |
tornado alley | where a lot of tornadoes form |
isobar | a line connecting points to have the same air pressure |
isotherm | a line on a map connecting points that have the same air tempature |
climate | the weather conditions in a area at a given time |
stable air mass | is the measure of the atmospheres tendency |
unstable air mass | is the lowest layers of an air mass |
weather | the state of an atmosphere in a place |