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3rd Weather
3rd Weather Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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atmosphere | air that surrounds the Earth; made of a mixture of gases |
temperature | a way of measuring how hot or cold something is; temperature is measured using either the Fahrenheit (F) or Celsius (C) scale |
front | a boundary separating two masses of air |
wind | the flow of gases on a large scale |
anemometer | device used for measuring wind speed |
wind speed | how fast the air is moving; wind speed is commonly measured with an anemometer |
wind vane | a weather instrument used to show the direction of the wind; often ornamental |
weather map | a map showing weather conditions over a wide area |
weather | day to day condition of atmosphere in an area; it has short-term variations (minutes to weeks). |
cloud cover | the amount of sky covered (obscured) by clouds |
compass | an instrument containing a magnetized pointer, showing the direction of magnetic north; used to get bearings |
meteorologist | a scientist who studies the weather |
precipitation | water that falls to the Earth's surface as rain, hail, sleet, or snow |
rain gauge | a tool for collecting and measuring the amount of precipitation that falls |