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key weather vocabulary
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Biology
11th Grade
10/22/2014

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Term
Front
Definition
a boundary of two air masses of different densities
Term
Air Mass
Definition
volumne of air defined by its temperature
Term
high pressure
Definition
high or anticyclone is a region where the atmospheric region of the planet is greater than its surrounding enviroment.
Term
low pressure
Definition
area, low or depression, is a region where the atmospheric
pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations.
Term
cyclone
Definition
is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the
same direction as the Earth.
Term
anti-cyclone
Definition
is a region of high atmospheric pressure relative to the surrounding air, generally thousands of kilometres in diameter and also known as a high or high-pressure system.
Term
wind
Definition
is the flow of gases on a large scale.
Term
temperature
Definition
is a numerical measure of hot and cold.
Term
adiabatic temperature
Definition
depending on how the process is completed, constant volume and constant pressure,
Term
thermometer
Definition
a device that measures temperature or a temperature gradient
using a variety of different principles.
Term
anenometer
Definition
is a device used for measuring wind speed
Term
cloud
Definition
is a large collection of very tiny droplets of
water or ice crystals.
Term
altitude
Definition
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