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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| map | a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: (A map of the USA) |
| globe | Usually the globe . the planet Earth. |
| latitude | the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. |
| longitude | Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian,as that of Greenwich, England |
| hemisphere | (often initial capital letter) half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere, especially one of the halves into which the earth is divided.: Compare Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere. |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc. |
| climate | the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. |
| Rain | moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops. |
| Freezing Rain | rain that freezes on impact with the ground or solid objects. |
| Sleet | a form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow. |
| Snow | atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer. |
| Hail | pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds. |
| Rain Gauge | a device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain which falls. |
| Anemometer | an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas. |
| Wind vane | A wind vane definition is an instrument that measures the direction from which the wind is blowing. |
| Global winds | Global winds are winds that occur in belts that go all around the planet. |
| prevailing winds | a wind from the direction that is predominant at a particular place or season. |
| Trade winds | a wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. |
| Polar easterlies | The polar easterlies are one of the five primary wind zones, known as wind belts, that make up our atmosphere's circulatory system. |
| Land breeze | a breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night, owing to the relative warmth of the sea. |
| Sea breeze | a breeze blowing toward the land from the sea, especially during the day owing to the relative warmth of the land. |
| Air pressure | It is the force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth. |
| Barometer | an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude. |
| High pressure | a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is above average |
| Low pressure | a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is below average |
| Jet stream | a narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth. There are typically two or three jet streams in each of the northern and southern hemispheres. |
| cold front | the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system. |
| Warm front | the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system. |
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