Weather Vocabulary
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- Q1The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.jet streamCoriolis Effectwindforecast30s
- Q2An instrument used to measure wind speed.barometerthermometeranemometerpsychrometer30s
- Q3Measures relative humidity using two thermometers - a wet bulb and a dry bulb.psychrometerbarometeranemometerthermometer30s
- Q4The temperature at which water vapor condenses.latitudeboiling pointatmospheredew point30s
- Q5Flow of cool air from over a body of water toward land.land breezePrevailing Westerliesjet streamsea breeze30s
- Q6Flow of air from land to a body of water.jet streamsea breezeland breezePrevailing Westerlies30s
- Q7The change in motion of winds and ocean currents caused by Earth's rotation.Jet StreamCoriolis EffectPrevailing WesterliesLatitude30s
- Q8High-speed wind current in the upper troposphere (about 10 Km) above Earth.land breezeCoriolis EffectPrevailing Westerliesjet stream30s
- Q9Distance in degrees north or south of the equator.dew pointlatitudejet streamforecast30s
- Q10Prediction of what weather is expected, using measurements including temperature and wind direction.warm frontforecastair massdew point30s