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Weather Standards Vocab
Climate
Winter Storm
Smog
Weather
Weather Map
Acid Rain
Air Pressure
Temperature
Natural Events (causing pollution)
Evaporation
Relative Humidity
Transpiration
Cirrus Clouds
Be sure to add these to your list of
terms:
Runoff
Stratus Clouds
Global Wind:
Meteorologist
Cumulus Clouds
High Pressure System:
Meteorology
Cold Front
Air Mass
Warm Front
Low Pressure System:
Mesosphere
Storm
Convection
Tornado
Pressure-Gradient
Force
Thunderstorm
Hurricane
Flood
Ozone Layer
Stratosphere
Jet Stream
Thermosphere
Coriolis Effect
Gulf Stream
Total: 38 terms
Some help…
Air Mass: a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
Cold Front: forms when cold air moves under warm air which is less dense and pushes air up (produces
thunderstorms heavy rain or snow).
Convection Current: The circular movement of substances due to changes in density. Warm air rises and cool
air sinks.
Global Wind: heated air rises near the equator and moves toward Earth's poles, while cooler air at the poles
falls and moves toward the equator; move in a particular direction across Earth over long distances; often steer
weather in different directions.
High Pressure System: Formed when an air mass cools over an ocean or a cold region on land. This dense
system moves outward toward low pressure systems, creating a wind. Causes, clear blue skies, is dry etc.
Low Pressure System: area with lower atmospheric pressure than its surrounding areas; this makes air from
surrounding areas to flow into the low, the end result of which is probably cloudiness and precipitation.
Mesosphere: The middle layer of Earth's atmosphere; the layer in which most meteoroids burn up.
Ozone Layer: a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone
sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
Stratosphere: the layer of the atmosphere that lies between the troposphere and the mesosphere and in which
temperature increases as altitude increases; contains the ozone layer.
Thermosphere: The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere. Where the shuttle orbits Earth.
Climate: the average temperature, precipitation, humidity, air pressure, and wind, over time in a particular
place.
Weather: the physical condition of the atmosphere at a specific place at a specific time.
Meteorology: is the study of the entire atmosphere, including the weather