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Weather and Climate
Vocabulary Portion of test Thursday, March 21
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air |
| temperature | how warm or cool something is |
| water vapor | water in the air that you cannot see |
| weather | what the atmosphere is like at a certain time and place |
| thermometer | a tool that measures the temperature |
| weather station | a set of equipment that measures temperature and other weather information. They normally take these measurements automatically several times a day. |
| atmosphere | the blanket of air that surrounds Earth |
| air mass | a large body of air in the atmosphere of the same temperature and humidity |
| data | pieces of information about something, such as facts or measurements. ex: if you write down your daytime temperature for a week, you are recording data |
| front | where one air mass meets another air mass. Storms and clouds often form at fronts |
| meteorologist | a scientist who studies the weather |
| climate | an area's typical weather over a long period of time |
| desert | an area with a dry climate |
| equator | an imaginary line around Earth, midway between the North and South poles |
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