Weather Vocabulary

Sea Breeze

• Transfer of thermal energy through circular motion caused by heating and cooling of fluids (liquids/gases)

• The movement of air as a result of Earths rotation. (Northern Hemisphere it curves to the right)

• The breeze that blows from the land toward the sea after the sunset. The land cools more quickly than the ocean cooling the air above it. The warmer air above the water continues to rise and the cooler air from over the land replaces it creating a breeze.

• the breeze that blows from the sea toward the land during the day as air rising over the warmer land is replaced by cooler air from above the sea.

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Anemometer

• tool used to measure wind speed

• a tool that measures the amount of atmospheric pressure

• a tool that measures air temperature

• instrument used to measure humidity

  in the air

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Barometer

• tool used to measure wind speed

• a tool that measures the amount of atmospheric pressure

• a tool that measures air temperature

• instrument used to measure humidity

  in the air

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Psychrometer

• tool used to measure wind speed

• a tool that measures the amount of atmospheric pressure

• a tool that measures air temperature

• instrument used to measure humidity

  in the air

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Where air masses meet and produce different kinds of weather.

• Air mass

• Front

• Relative Humidity

• Wind

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Current state of the atmosphere

• Hail

• Climate

• Weather

• Desert

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The temperature at which the air is saturated and condensation begins

• Dew Point

• Relative humidity

• Clouds

• Occluded front

What type of map is shown?

• satelite

• radar

• isobar

• isotherm

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The weight of air in the atmosphere pressing down upon Earth

• scale

• measurement

• air pressure

• wind gauge

A large body of air that has the same properties, as the area of the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• Air Mass

• Conduction

• Relative Humidity

• Weather

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