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- 4. A measure of the amount of pressure being exerted on a location by the atmosphere. 🗑
- 5. Instrument that measures wind speed. 🗑
- 8. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
- 9. Gases like methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere trap heat in the earth.
- 12. A large rotating storm with very low air pressure that begins over warm ocean waters. 🗑
- 15. A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
- 16. is a luminous vapor, cloud, or atmosphere about a god or goddess when on earth.
- 17. The gases that surround the earth. 🗑
- 20. moisture condensed from the atmosphere falls visibly in separate drops.
- 21. A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
- 22. is The transfer of energy by the circular movement of a liquid or gas. 🗑
- 23. is The amount of matter in a given space or volume. Mass divided by volume. 🗑
- 24. Air pressure is associated with rising air, cloudy skies, and rainy conditions. 🗑
- 25. The warming of the earth is caused by gases in the atmosphere trapping heat. 🗑
- 28. clouds are uniform and flat, producing a gray layer of cloud cover that may be precipitation-free or may cause periods of light precipitation or drizzle.
- 29. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
- 30. Air pressure is associated with falling air, fair skies, and dry conditions. 🗑
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- 1. stream A narrow band of winds greater than 57 miles per hour in the upper atmosphere. 🗑
- 2. The boundary between two air masses.
- 3. clouds are clouds that have flat bases and are often described as "puffy", "cotton-like" or "fluffy" in appearance.
- 6. stream A warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico across the Atlantic to the coast of Europe. 🗑
- 7. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. 🗑
- 10. The spectrum of waves from gamma rays to radio waves can travel without a medium. All of them travel at the speed of light. 🗑
- 11. instrument that measures air pressure.
- 13. is The transfer of energy by direct contact. 🗑
- 14. warming The gradual increase in the average temperature of the earth. 🗑
- 18. a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.
- 19. A large system of rotating ocean currents. 🗑
- 26. Instrument that measures humidity.
- 27. is A large body of air with relatively uniform characteristics.
