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Weather Terms
Components of Weather
Energy Transfer
100
A zone that develops as a result of the meeting of two air masses with different characteristics.
What is a FRONT?
100
The coolness or warmth of something
What is TEMPERATURE?
100
The term used to refer to the type of energy the Earth gets from the sun.
What is SOLAR ENERGY?
200
A region where air is descending and thus exerting more pressure on the region below.
What is a HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM?
200
The amount of moisture in the air.
What is HUMIDITY?
200
Thermal energy transfer between two objects or substances that are in direct contact.
What is CONDUCTION?
300
A very "body" of air that has nearly uniform properties such as temperature, humidity, and pressure.
What is an AIR MASS?
300
How quickly moving air is travelling.
What is WIND SPEED?
300
Thermal energy transfer by the movement of heated material from one place to another.
What is CONVECTION?
400
Temperature at which air is saturated with water vapour so that it condenses and falls as precipitation.
What is the DEWPOINT?
400
Any liquid or solid form of water that falls to Earth from the atmosphere, including rain, snow, and hail.
What is PRECIPITATION?
400
Thermal energy transfer in which atoms or molecules give off energy as electromagnetic waves.
What is RADIATION?
500
Any substance that can absorb and retain energy without changing state.
What is a HEAT SINK?
500
The force of the atmosphere on the surface below it.
What is ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE?
500
Water vapour, methane and carbon dioxide act like a heat sink in the atmosphere.
What is the GREENHOUSE EFFECT?