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The Air
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Vocab.
100

The layer of gases surrounding Earth

What is the atmosphere

100

A mixture of gases surrounding Earth

What is air

100

A weather instrument that measures air pressure

What is a barometer

100

Water vapor in the air. 

What is humidity

100

To force air into a smaller space

 What is compress

200

The mixture of gases surrounding Earth

What is air


200

The distance one can see through the air at ground level

What is visibility

200

Second most abundant gas in the atmosphere. 

What is Oxygen?

200

An instrument used to measure air pressure. 

What is a barometer?

200

The amount of material in something

What is mass

300

A weather instrument that measures air pressure

What is a barometer

300

The condition of the air around us

What is weather

300

A weather instrument that measures tempurature. 

What is a thermometer

300

A scientist who studies the weather

What are meteoroloigts

300

Anything that takes up space and has mass

What is matter

400

Data that meteorologists measure

What is weather variable

400

The compass direction from which the wind is coming 

What is wind direction

400

Mana weather instrument that measures wind direction

What are wind vanes

400

A measure of how hot the air is 

What is tempurature

400

The force or push caused by moving molecules

What is pressure

500

The layer of the atmosphere that begins at Earth’s surface and extends upward for 9-20 km weather happens here

What is the troposphere

500

The force exerted on a surface by the mass of the air above it

What is air pressure

500

A weather instrument that measures humidity

What is a hygrometer

500

Snow, rain, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground 

What is precipitation

500

A scientific weather prediction 

What is a forecast