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Weather |
the condition of the climate at a given place at a given time |
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atmosphere |
The envelope of gases surrounding the earths exterior |
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water vapor |
the gaseous form of water
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density |
the amount of mass in a given volume
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air pressure |
the weight of the air pushing on a certain point |
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barometer |
a tool used to measure air pressure |
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mercury barometer |
a barometer that uses mercury to tell what the air pressure is
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aneroid barometer |
a barometer that does not use mercury
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altitude |
the measur of how high up something is
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troposphere |
the first layer of earth's atmosphere |
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stratosphere |
The second layer of earth's atmosphere
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mesosphere |
The center layer of earth's atmosphere
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thermosphere |
the final layer of earth's atmosphere
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ionosphere |
the inner section of the thermosphere
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exosphere |
the outer section of the earth's atmosphere
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electromagnetic waves |
waves that carry an electric, and magnetic energy.
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radiation |
waves coming from a center point |
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infared radiation |
the wavelength of electromagnetic waves just below the color red |
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ultraviolet radiation |
the wavelength of electromagnetic waves just above the color violet |
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scattering |
when light is deflected by atoms in the atmosphere |
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greenhouse effect |
The trapping of energy in a planets lower atmosphere |
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temperature |
the measure of how hot or cold something is
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thermal energy |
the sum of all the energy in an object |
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thermometer |
a tool used to measure temperature
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heat |
the transfer of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object |
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convection |
when hotter substances rise and cooler ones fall in a fluid |
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conduction |
the transfer of heat when two objects touch |
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convection currents |
when heat created a rising and falling ring of moving fluid
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wind |
The flow of air through the atmosphere
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anemometer |
a tool used to measure the speed of wind
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windchill factor |
the percieved decrease in temperature when exposed skin is blown by wind |
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local winds |
winds that are only present in the local area |
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sea breeze |
a cold wind blowing onto a warmer land mass
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land breeze |
a wind blowing from land to sea due to differences in temperature |
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global winds |
a single wind that blows all the way across earth's surface in a circle |
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Coriolis effect |
an effect in which a rotating objects experience a force parallel to the direction of the rotation
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latitude |
imaginary lines that run in a circle around earth parallel to the equator |