Weather Vocabulary

6. A map showing a variety of field quantities, like temperature, pressure, and sky conditions.
8. A common measuring unit of heat energy.
11. A form of energy, such as heatwaves, visible light and x-ray.
12. A quantity that has both magnitude (size) and direction.
13. Energy in storage.
15. A boundary, or interface, between different air masses.
17. The outward movement of winds from a high-pressure zone (anticyclone).

1. The complete range of electromagnetic energy.
2. The change in the temperature of a gas caused by expansion (cooling) or compression (warming).
3. The total potential and kinetic energy that can be released as heat from an object.
4. A line connecting places of the same temperature.
5. A low-pressure system in which the winds rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
7. The coming together of winds as the blow into a cyclone (low-pressure system).
9. A front that interface between two air masses that is not moving.
10. The route followed by a weather system.
14. Energy absorbed or released in a change in state.
16. Measures in Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin.