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WEATHER
WEATHER
WEATHER
ASTRONOMY
CLIMATE
100
The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure
100
Air that moves horizontally
What is wind
100
Wind that blows from sea to land
What is sea breeze
100
Region between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found
What is asteroid belt
100
A large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout
What is air mass
200
The blanket of gases that surrounds Earth
What is atmosphere
200
Water in the form of a gas
What is water vapor
200
A line on a weather map connecting places with equal air pressure
What is isobar
200
Patterns formed by groups of stars in the night sky
What is constellation
200
The average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
300
A device for measuring air pressure
What is barometer
300
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
300
A circular pattern of air rising, air sinking, and wind
What is convection cell
300
A planet between the Sun and the asteroid belt (Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars)
What is inner planet
300
A great rise of the sea along a shore caused by low air pressure
What is storm plunge
400
Ahigh-altitude cloud with a featherlike shape, made of ice crystals
What is cirrus cloud
400
A comparison between how much water vapor is in the air and how much the air could hold at a given temperature if it were full, or saturated
What is relative humidity
400
A cloud that forms in a blanket like layer
What is stratus cloud
400
A chunk of rock from space that strikes the surface of Earth or the Moon
What is meteorite
400
A front where warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is warm front
500
A puffy cloud that appears to rise up from a flat bottom
What is cumulus cloud
500
The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth’s surface
What is troposphere
500
The curving of the path of a moving object caused by Earth’s rotation
What is Coriolis effect
500
The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line or of any object to resist a change in motion
What is inertia
500
The most common severe storm, formed in cumulonimbus clouds
What is thunderstorm