| A | B |
|---|
| blanket of gases that surround the atmosphere | atmosphere |
| how hot or old something is | temperature |
| measure of how much water vapor is in the air | humidity |
| force of air pushing on an area | air pressure |
| any formation of water that falls from clouds | precipitation |
| condition of the atmosphere at any given time and place | weather |
| measures air pressure | barometer |
| measures air temperature | thermometer |
| tube that collects rain | rain gauge |
| points in the direction of the wind blowing | wind vane |
| measures wind speed | anemometer |
| measures humidity | hygrometer |
| large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout | air mass |
| boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures | front |
| predicting weather conditions | forcast |
| rotating air that touches the ground during thunderstorms | tornado |
| wide wind storms near the ocean | hurricane |
| pattern of seasonal weather that happens year after year | climate |
| directed flow of a gas or liquid | current |
| measure of how far a place is from the equator | latitude |
| measure of the height of a place above sea level | altitude |
| warm air pushes into cold air | warm front |
| cold air pushes under warm air | cold front |
| boundary between air fronts that are not moving | stationary front |
| bottom layer of atmosphere where life exist | troposphere |
| layer of the atmosphere above tropshere where temperature gets warmer | stratosphere |
| third layer of the atmosphere where temperature gets even colder | mesophere |
| largest layer on top & coldest | thermosphere |
