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Weather Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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anemometer | tool used to measure the speed of wind |
barometer | tool used to measure air pressure |
climate | patterns of weather over a long period of time in a region |
front | a moving mass of warm or cool air |
high pressure system | associated with a warm front producing sunny, clear skies and warmer weather |
low pressure system | associated with a cold front producing cloudy, yucky weather and precipitation |
meteorologist | a scientist who studies weather |
precipitation | the water that comes down from the sky usually in the form of rain, sleet, snow, and hail |
rain gauge | a funnel shaped tool that collects and measures rainfall |
thermometer | a tool for measuring the temperature of the air around it |
weather | the current outdoor conditions |
windsock | a long tube of fabric attached to a pole used to measure how fast the wind is blowing |