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Weather Vocab 1-2
6th grade Weather and Atmosphere HMS Ocelots pages 1-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| weather | the temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover at a particular time and place |
| meteorologist | scientist who studies weather |
| precipitation | any form of water that falls to the earth (ex. rain, snow, sleet, hail) |
| pressure | a force applied to a surface |
| front | a boundary where a mass of air meets another air mass of a different temperature |
| climate | the average weather of a place over a long period of time |
| climatologist | scientist who studies the earth’s climate |
| Gulf Stream | a strong ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean that flows from the Gulf of Mexico to northwestern Europe |
| ocean current | regular movement of large amounts of water in the ocean |