Weather Vocabulary

3. Layer farthest from the Earth, thick layer with little air, transitional layer between Earth’s
7. deposition of a liquid or a solid from is vapor.
10. this type of radar sends pulses that bounce off oncoming storms to provide information about their location
11. a plant’s loss of water, mainly through its leaves.
12. the process by which an element or compound transitions from its liquid state to its gaseous state.
13. layer of air surrounding the Earth.
15. conditions of the atmosphere at a particular location over a long period of time.

1. tropical cyclone, an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans and is characterized by low atmospheric pressure, high winds, and heavy rain.
2. device used to measure air pressure.
4. the amount of water vapor in the air.
5. a small-diameter, column of violently rotating air
6. process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
8. and outer space
9. the boundary between air masses
13. mass large body of air having nearly same conditions of temperature and humidity at any given level of altitude.
14. This agency was formed by the US government to protect the environment.
15. high wispy white clouds that are composed of minute ice crystals formed at high altitudes.