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Science vocabulary
Science vocabulary for Topic 2 Vocabulary Quiz
| Meteorologist | A scientist who studies and predicts weather |
| Storm | A violent disturbance in the atmosphere |
| Thunderstorm | A localized storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation, frequent thunder, and dangerous lightning |
| Hurricane | When a cyclone's winds exceed 119km/h |
| Tornado | An extremely fast spinning column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to Earth's surface |
| Storm surge | A "dome" of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane is traveling |
| Flood | An overflowing of water in a normally dry area |
| Drought | A long period with little or no rainfall |
| Synthesize | To combine something or put something together to make one thing |
| Approximate | About; close to; estimate |
| Air mass | A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height |
| Jet stream | A band of high-speed winds about 6 to 15 kilometres above Earth's surface |
| Front | The boundary where air masses meet become a front |
| Cyclone | A swirling center of low air pressure can form a cyclone |
| Anticyclone | The opposite of a cyclone. It has a high-pressure center of dry air |
| Prevailing | Air masses moved by strong winds |
| Stationary | A non-moving front |
| Atmosphere | The relatively thin layer of gasses that form Earth's outermost layer |
| Thermosphere | The uppermost layer of the atmosphere with the lowest density of air |
| Mesosphere | The layer of the atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere |
| Stratosphere | The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that contains the most ozone |
| Troposphere | The layer where Earth's weather occurs |
| Air pressure | The air that experts a force on you |
| Altitude | The distance above sea level |
| Wind | The movement of air parallel to the Earth's surface |
| Water cycle | The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation |
| Evaporation | The state of which a liquid changes to a gas |
| Condensation | The state of which a gas changes to a liquid |
| Dew point | The temperature at which condensation begins |
| Humidity | A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air |
| Relative humidity | The percent of water vapor in the air |
| Precipitation | Water that forms in clouds and falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail, or sleet |
| Cycle | Any series of events that repeat int eh same order over and over again |
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