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air
water
weather phenomena
weather station
what's it all about
100
A large body of air with similar characteristics throughout.
What is air mass?
100
The release of water from plants.
What is transpiration?
100
A storm with strong winds rotating about a center of low pressure
What is a cyclone?
100
Instrument used to measure wind speed.
What is anemometer?
100
Lines connecting points of equal pressure.
What is isobar?
200
An interface (boundary) between two air masses.
What is front?
200
The percentage of the air the is filled with water.
What is relative humidity?
200
A violent tropical cyclone that loses strength on the land.
What is a hurricane?
200
Instrument used to measure relative humidity and dew point.
What is psychrometer?
200
Lines connecting points of equal temperature.
What is isotherm?
300
The weight of theoverlying air
What is air pressure?
300
Any form of water that falls to the earth.
What is precipitation?
300
A violently whirling column of air seen as a funnel-shaped cloud that usually destroys everything in its narrow path.
What is a tornado?
300
Instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is barometer?
300
The study of weather.
What is neteorology?
400
A narrow belt of strong winds that blows near the top of the troposphere
What is jet stream?
400
The temperature at which condensation occurs.
What is dew point?
400
A violent cyclone originating in the West Pacific.
What is a typhoon?
400
The instrument used to measure the amount of precipitation fallen.
What is a rain gage?
400
Name 2 things that affect evaporation
What is temperature, surface area, or relative humidity?
500
It causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due to Earth's rotation.
What is the Coriolis effect?
500
Filled with water.
What is saturated?
500
A huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
500
The instrument used to show wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
500
The natural process that cleans the atmosphere.
What is precipitation?