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Weather
weather tools and vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anemometer | a tool used to measure wind speed |
| atmosphere | the blanket of air that surrounds Earth |
| barometer | a tool used to measure air pressure |
| climate | weather conditions in a region over a long period of time |
| forecast | a prediction of weather conditions in the near future |
| thermometer | a tool used to measure how hot or how cold something is (temperature) |
| humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air |
| meteorologist | a scientist who works to understand, explain, and predict weather |
| temperature | the measure of how hot or cold something is |
| precipitation | any form of water (rain, snow sleet, hail) that falls from clouds to Earth's surface |
| season | one of four annual patterns of weather that include winter, spring, summer and autumn |