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Weather Activity

6th grade weather unit

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fronta meeting of a cold and warm air mass
air massa large body of air with the same properties
tornadoa violent, funnel shaped cloud with extremely strong winds
hurricanea large tropical storm that forms over large bodies of water
vortexa swirling column of air or water
thermometera device used to measure temperature
weather vanea device used to measure wind direction
psychrometera device used to measure relative humidity
hygrometera device used to measure humidity
anemometera device used to measure wind speed
barometera device used to measure air pressure
anticyclonea region in the atmosphere where the air pressure is increased
depressiona region in the atmosphere where the air pressure is increased
climatethe pattern of weather that a place on Earth experiences
humiditythe amount of moisture in the air
atmospherea thick blanket of air that surrounds the Earth
meteorologistA scientist who studies the weather and atmosphere.
weather forecastersomeone who looks at the current conditions and other weather data and predicts the weather

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