Weather Vocabulary

3. Gases that absorb heat in the atmosphere.
5. Water in its gaseous form.
7. The force with which air pushes against Earth's surface.
8. The forward edge of a moving mass of warm or cool air; the place where two air masses meet.
10. To change from vapor or gas to liquid.
11. The long-term average or usual weather conditions for an area.
12. The height above any given point, especially above sea level.
13. A push applied over a surface by something in contact with that surface.
16. Invisible, high-energy rays from the sun that can damage unprotected eyes and skin; also called ultraviolet rays.
18. A layer of the atmosphere above the mesosphere, extending between about 200 km and about 500 km above the surface of the Earth.
20. The air that surrounds the Earth.

1. The layer of the atmosphere extending from Earth’s surface to the stratosphere. There is where weather happens.
2. The air conditions outside at a certain time and place.
4. A layer of atmosphere; beginning about 16 km up, in which temperatures are more or less uniform and clouds are rare.
5. A temperature that is a measure of how cold the air feels to human skin, taking into account the chilling effect of the wind, as well as the actual air temperature.
6. An unstable form of oxygen comes in contact with UV rays; ozone forms a protective layer in the stratosphere.
9. The layer of Earth's atmosphere just about the stratosphere,extending to about 80 km above the surface of Earth.
14. To change into a gas or vapor.
15. The force with which air pushes against the Earth’s surface.
17. A substance, often a waste material such as smoke or dust,that spoils an environment.
19. An instrument for measuring air pressure.