Apologia
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| weather |
the condition of the earth's atmosphere at any particular time |
| climate |
the steady condition that prevails day in and day out in a particular region of creation |
| thermal energy |
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| uneven distribution of thermal energy |
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| water vapor in the atmosphere |
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| cumulus clouds |
fluffy clouds |
| cumulonimbus |
very large clouds |
| cirrus clouds |
clouds made of tiny ice crystals |
| stratus clouds |
warm air being lifted |
| nimbostratus clouds |
rain and snow producing stratus clouds |
| lenticular clouds |
clouds that form around mountains |
| cirrocumulus clouds |
a cross between cirrus and cumulus clouds |
| stratocumulus clouds |
a cross between stratus and cumulus clouds |
| cirrostratus clouds |
a cross between a cirrus and stratus clouds |
| insolation |
the sum total of the light that comes to the earth |
| the earth's distance from the sun |
a important factor regarding earth's insolation |
| axila tilt |
the earth's tilt of 23.5 degrees |
| aphelion |
the point at which the earth is farthest from the sun |
| perihelion |
the point at which the earth is closest to the sun |
| hemisphere |
the two halves of the earth |
| summer solstice |
the point at which the entire northern hemisphere gets sun for more than 12 hours and the southern hemisphere gets less than 12 |
| winter solstice |
the opposite of the summer solstice |
| spring equinox |
when both hemispheres get equal amounts of daylight |
| autumnal equinox |
the same thing as the spring equinox |
| lines of longitude |
imaginary lines that run north and south along the earth |
| lines of latitude |
imaginary lines that run east and west across the earth |
| prime meridian |
the reference line of longitude |
| equator |
the reference line of latitude |
| low |
a region of low air pressure |
| high |
a region of high air pressure |
| coriolis effect |
the way in which the rotation of the earth bends the oath of winds, sea currents and objects that fly through different latitudes |
| Local winds |
winds that stay in one area |
| sea breeze |
a breeze out at sea during daytime |
| land breeze |
a breeze in land during daytime |
| air mass |
a large body of air with relatively uniform pressure, termperature and humidity |
| meteorologists |
scientists who study weather |
| arctic air mass |
very cold air mass |
| polar air mass |
cold air mass |
| tropical air mass |
warm air masses |
| maritime |
a term used to describe air masses over the ocean |
| continental |
a term used to describe air masses over land |
| mT |
warm air masses over the ocean |
| mP |
cold air masses over the ocean |
| cT |
warm air masses over land |
| cP |
wold air masses over the ocean |
| weather front |
a boundry between two air masses |
| cold front |
a cold air mass advancing into a region |
| warm front |
warm air mass advancing into a region |
| stationary front |
when two air masses collide, and become stationary |
| occluded front |
when two air masses of the same kind close in on a air mass of another type |
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