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Weather
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| jet stream | "River" of wind up high in the atmosphere. |
| Fair | It is when the weather is great |
| Anemometer | Measures wind speed |
| Moist | It is when the weather is wet |
| Global winds | Winds that are high up in the atmosphere |
| Sea breeze | local wind that goes from sea to land |
| Land breeze | local wind that goes from land to sea |
| Weather vane | Measures wind direction |
| Barometer | instrument that measures air pressure |
| Air pressure | The way of air pushing down on everything around it |
| High pressure | It means "Happy" weather, clear skies and dry weather. |
| Low pressure | It means "Sad" weather, cloudy skies and rainy weather. |
| Cold front | Thunder storm, brief, heavy rain and strong wind, bring precipitation. |
| Warm front | Long rain/snow, light wind, Nimbostratus. |
| seasons | seasons are caused by the tilt of earths axis |
| Cumulus cloud | Are the ones that are tall and fluffy. |
| Cumulonimbus cloud | Tall cumulus that bring thunder storm |
| nimbus cloud | a rain cloud |
| Nimbustratus Cloud | Heavy rain/snow |
| Stratus | Low level clouds that are like a blanket.\ |
| Climate | Long period of weather |
| Weather | The state of the Atmosphere |
| map | a flat, 2-dimensional drawing of land and water |
| Globe | a spherical scale model of the Earth |
| Latitude | geographic coordinate that specifies the north or south of the Equator |
| Longitude | distance measured in degrees east or west from an imaginary line (called the prime meridian) that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole and that passes through Greenwich, England |
| Hemisphere | A circle drawn around the Earth that divides it into two equal halves |
| Atmosphere | The envelope of gasses surrounding the earth |
| Precipitation | water that falls to the Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. |
| Air mass | a large “bubble” of air that has about the same temperature and humidity throughout it |
| La nina/ El nino | unusual warming or cooling of the seawater in the Pacific Ocean |
| temperature | the average speed of the particles in a substance |
| Humidity | water vapor in the air |
| thermometer | a tool that measures temperature |
| anemometer | a weather instrument that measures wind speed |
| rain gauge | a weather instrument that measures rainfall |
| Front | a place where one air mass meets and pushes aside another air mass |
| hurricane | a very large and violent tropical storm |
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