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Pressure from the gases in the atmosphere
What is atmospheric pressure?
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An instrument that measures relative humidity
What is a psychrometer?
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A boundary between two unlike air masses
What is a front?
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Current weather conditions of an area
What is weather?
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The portion of Earth that receives the most sunlight
What is the Equator?
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Cool air coming from the land to water
What is a land breeze?
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The amount of water vapor in the air
What is Humidity?
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mP
What is continental polar?
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This moderates temperature and increases rainfall
What is a body of body of water?
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Thea average weather conditions of an area over a long period of time
What is Climate?
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An instrument used to measure Atmospheric Pressure
What is a Barometer?
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Temperature to which air must be cooled to reach saturation
What is dew point?
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cold, warm, occluded and stationary
What are the 4 types of fronts?
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Factors affecting climate
What is precipitation and latitude?
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doldrums, trade winds, westerlies and polar easterlies
What are the Global wind belts?
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Water vapor, methane ana carbon dioxide
What is the greenhouse gasses?
400
Liquid water changing to a gas?
What is evaporation?
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A large body of air with uniform temperature and moisture
What is an air mass?
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The factor that has the most influence on a region's temperature
What is Latitude?
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Pressure differences on Earth are due to
What is Unequal heating on Earth?
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The deflection of the wind and the ocean currents due to the rotation of Earth
What is Coriolis effect?
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A ration measuring the amount of water vapor in the air comparing it to the maximum amount of water vapor before saturation point
What is Relative humidity?
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This type of forecast is the least accurate and is done by computer analysis
What is Long term/extended forecast?
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This factor decreases the temperature of an area
What is altitude?
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troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere = ionosphere and exosphere
What are the layers of the atmosphere?