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weather
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| globe | the earth. |
| map | a representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, |
| meteorologist | an expert in or student of meteorology a weather forecaster. |
| geologist | an expert in or student of geology. |
| vulcanologist | A person who studies volcanoes. |
| vortex | a mass of whirling fluid or air especially a whirlpool or whirlwind. |
| hurrican | a storm with a violent wind that forms in tropical waters |
| tornado | a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds in the shape of a funnel |
| eye | it is the middle of a hurricane or tornado |
| funnel cloud | a rotating funnel-shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado |
| cyclone | a system of winds rotating inward to high atmospheric pressure |
| typhoon | a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure |
| atmosphere | the envelope of gases surrounding the earth |
| nitrogen | a chemical element |
| carbon dioxide | a colorless and odorless gas |
| greenhouse gases | a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect |
| water vapor | a vapor that is below boiling point |
| stratosphere | the layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere |
| mesosphere | the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere |
| ionosphere | the layer of the earth's atmosphere |
| exosphere | the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere. |
| troposphere | the lowest region of the atmosphere |
| thermosphere | increase in temperature with height. |
| goes and poes satellites | the satellite will pass over a different longitude each time it goes around the earth. |
| tornado ally | a place where tornadoes are very frequent |
| Isobar |
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