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weather
Question | Answer |
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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 |
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