Weather Words 11-20 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
air mass | a large body of air that has the same temperature and level of humidity throughout |
air pressure | the weight of the air in an area |
barometer | weather instrument used to measure air pressure |
climate | the average weather conditions of an area over a very long period of time |
condensation | the changing of a substance from a gas to the liquid state |
cumulus | clouds of middle altitude, large, puffy, and sometimes creative shapes |
polar zone | characterized by a frigid climate with harsh winter temperatures , located near the Earth's polar regions |
run-off | rain that lands on top of a mountain, travels down to lower ground and joins larger bodies of water |
troposhere | layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth, all weather happens here |
valley breeze | the movement of air created by the warm air rising and flowing up the slope of a mountain |
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