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Weather Vocabulary

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air pressurethe force per unit area exerted against a
accumulationncrease or growth by addition especially when continuous or repeating
anemometermeasures wind speed
barometermeasures air pressure
condensationThe changing of a vapor into a liquid.
evaporationThe changing of a substance from a liquid into a vapor.
humidityMeasure of the amount of water vapor in a given amount of air at a certain temperature compared to the maximum amount it can hold at that temperature.
meteorologistA person who studies the weather.
precipitationa deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow.
rain gaugean instrument for measuring the quantity of precipitation
thermometermeasures air temperature
weather balloonsmeasures weather conditions higher in the
wind vanea movable device attached to an elevated object for showing the direction of the wind


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