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Vocabulary
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Clouds
Measurement
Potpourri
100
The largest type of storm
What is a hurricane?
100
The force of air pressing down on the earth.
What is air pressure?
100
Puffy, cotton ball clouds.
What is cumulus?
100
Measures the temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
The short term condition of the atmosphere.
What is weather?
200
A person who predicts the weather
What is a meteorologist?
200
warm air is less dense so it ______________
What is rises?
200
Flat, sheet like clouds.
What is stratus?
200
Measures the humidity (water vapor) in the air.
What is a psychrometer?
200
A prediction of future weather.
What is a forecast?
300
The blanket of air that surrounds the earth
What is the atmosphere?
300
Cool air is dense so it ______________
What is sinks?
300
High, thin clouds
What is cirrus?
300
Measures the direction of the wind.
What is a weather vane?
300
The 3 conditions that all storms have.
What are clouds, precipitation, and wind?
400
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
400
A cold front pushes ________________ warm, moist air
What is under?
400
Gray, storm clouds
What is nimbus?
400
Measures the air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
The gas that makes up the most air.
What is nitrogen?
500
The place where 2 air masses meet.
What is a front?
500
An air mass formed over the Arctic Ocean would be ____________ and _________________
What is cool and moist?
500
The layer of air closest to the earth.
What is the troposphere?
500
Used to measure precipitation
What is a rain gauge or a yard/meterstick?
500
The air near the ocean has more ______________in it than the air inland.
What is water vapor or humidity?