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Vocabulary
Seasons
Vocabulary
Atmosphere
Clouds
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What is humidity?
Amount of water vapor in the air.
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What is the earths tilt?
23.5 degrees.
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What is a metereologist?
Person who stuides the causes and effects of earth's weather.
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What are variable gases?
Changes over time and from place to place.
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What are the two low clouds?
Cumulus and stratus.
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What is radiant energy?
Solar energy.
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What are the weather tools?
Thermometer, compass, hygrometer, barometer, wind vane, and anemometer.
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What is atmosphere?
Atmosphere is the layer of gases that surrounds a planet or star.
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What layer in the atmosphere do we live in?
Troposphere.
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What are the two basic types of clouds?
Cumuliform and stratiform.
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What is energy of motion?
Kinetic energy.
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What is equinox?
Equal night.
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What is pressure?
The force of air pushing in all directions.
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How many different layers of atmosphere?
Four.
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What is the name of the puffy white clouds?
Cumulus.
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What is evaporation?
The process by which liquid water becomes water vapor.
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How long does it take the earth to revolve around the sun?
365 days.
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What is visibility?
Distance you can see through the air.
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What is conduction?
When energy transfers from one place to another by contact.
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What is a human-made cloud?
Jet contrail.
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What is condesation?
Change from gas to liquid.
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When is summer solstice? And wintersolstice?
Summer solstice is June 21. Winter solstice is December 21.
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What is temperature?
How hot or cold air is.
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How does the rest of the atmosphere get hot?
Visible light.
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What is the prefix?
Cirro.