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Vocabulary
Climate Zones and Fronts
Weather Instruments
Air Masses
Layers of the Atmosphere and Clouds
100
Flows from the water toward the land
What is sea breeze
100
Light rains come with this front
What is warm front
100
Measure's wind speed
What is anemometer
100
Normal pattern of weather in an area over many years
What is climate
100
Cloud type: heap, middle, fair weather
What is cumulus
200
flows from the land toward the water
What is land breeze
200
Heavy rains and thunderstorms come with this front
What is cold front
200
Measure's wind direction
What is weather vane
200
Warm wet air mass
What is maritime tropical
200
Cloud type: layer, low, fog, light precipitation
What is stratus
300
The dry side of the mountain
What is leeward side
300
Very warm and often rainy climate
What is tropical
300
Measure's air pressure
What is barometer
300
Cold dry air mass
What is continental polar
300
Cloud type: curl of hair, high, good weather
What is cirrus
400
Area of the mountain that gets most of the moisture
What is windward side
400
Warm summers and cool to cold winters climate
What is temperate
400
A tool used to create images of storms
What is radar
400
Warm, dry air mass
What is continental tropical
400
Cloud type: rain, tall, rain or thunderstorms
What is nimbus
500
Wind that blows over the oceans create streams of moving water
What is ocean currents
500
Cold temperatures year round climate, even in the summer
What is polar
500
Radar helps reduce damage form an approaching storm by
What is warning people about storms. People can board up windows or evacuate.
500
Cold, wet air mass
What is maritime polar
500
Layers of the atmosphere in order (closest to furthest)
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere