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Weather Vocab for 1st Quiz

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Thermometer (def)Instrument used to measure temperature
Weather (def)The state of the atmosphere at a given place & time
Dew (def)Formed when water vapor condenses after it has reached the dew point
Meteorology (def)The study of the atmopshere or of weather
Thermosphere (def)Highest & hottest layer of the atmosphere
Stratosphere (def)The 2nd layer of the atmosphere, which contains the ozone layer & gets hotter with increasing altitude
Troposphere (def)The lowest layer of the atmosphere; only layer where weather occurs; temperature decreases with altitude
Mesosphere (def)Coldest layer of the atmosphere
Atmospheric layer of the jet streamStratosphere
Coldest layer of the atmosphereMesosphere
Warmest layer of the atmosphereThermosphere
Atmospheric layer of AurorasThermosphere
Frost (def)Frozen Condensation formed when the surface the water condenses on is freezing or below freezing
Anemometer (def)Instrument that measures wind speed
Sea Breeze (def)Cool breeze off of the ocean due to air on land heating up and rising away
Land Breeze (def)Warm breeze off of the land due to cool air sinking over the land at night
Thermal Energy (def)Total amount of energy present in matter
Temperature (def)The measure of the average kinetic energy in matter


Earth Science & Authentic Science Research Teacher
Toms River High School South
Toms River, NJ

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