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CHAPTER
WEATHER PATTERNS
2 Vocabulary
air pressure
barometer
weather
wind
global wind
Coriolis effect
jet stream
monsoon
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
humidity
saturation
relative humidity
dew point
freezing rain
sleet
hail
acid rain
A. WHO AM I?
1.
I’m the lumps or balls of ice that fall from
cumulonimbus clouds.
2.
I usually flow in the upper troposphere
from west to east for thousands of
kilometers.
3.
I’m the small pellets of ice that form
when rain passes through a layer of
cold air.
4.
I’m the horizontal movement of air.
5.
I’m the process by which liquid
changes into gas.
6.
I’m the condition of Earth’s atmosphere
at a particular time and place.
7.
I’m any instrument that measures air
pressure.
8.
I tell us how close air is to saturation.
9.
I’m the influence of Earth’s rotation,
causing winds that travel a long distance
to curve.
10.
I’m rain that is affected by pollution and
harms trees and lakes.
11.
I’m any type of liquid or solid water that
falls to Earth’s surface.
12.
I’m the force of air molecules pushing on
an area.
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I travel thousands of kilometers in steady
patterns.
14.
I’m the temperature at which air reaches
saturation.
15.
I’m the raindrops that cover surfaces with
a coating of ice.
16.
I’m wind that changes direction with the
seasons.
17.
I’m the process by which a gas changes
into liquid.
18.
I’m the amount of water vapor in the air.
19.
I’m the point at which the rates of
evaporation and condensation are equal.
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B. TYING WORDS TOGETHER
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Use each group of three words together in a sentence or two that help to explain
weather.
20.
acid rain / wind / precipitation
21.
freezing rain / sleet / hail
22.
evaporation / condensation / precipitation
23.
air pressure / weather / wind
24.
monsoons / precipitation / air pressure
25.
jet streams / weather / wind
26.
humidity / relative humidity / dew point
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