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Weather Ch. 10 Vocabulary

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windair that moves horizontally
cumulus cloudspuffy clouds that appear to rise from a flat bottom
tropospherethe atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface
foga cloud at ground level
relative humiditycomparison of how much water vapor is in the air, and how much the air can hold
land breezea wind that blows from the land toward the sea
sea breezea breeze that blows from the sea to the land
anemometermeasures the speed of the wind
weather vaneshows the direction of the wind
barometermeasures air pressure
rain gaugemeasures the amount of rainfall
thermometermeasures air temperature
stratus cloudsclouds that form in blanketlike layers
cirrus cloudswhispy, feather-like clouds high in the atmosphere
Coriolis Effectresults in the curving of the wind to the right in the Northern Hemisphere



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