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Weather Exam 2
Question | Answer |
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barometer | An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure |
anemometer | An instrument used to measure wind speed |
sling psychrometer | measures relative humidity |
cold front | A front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass. |
warm front | a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather |
air mass | a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure. |
station model | indicates weather conditions at a specific location, using a combination of symbols on a map |
relative humidity | the amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the amount needed for saturation at the same temperature. |
hurricane | A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center |
dew point | the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins |