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Science
6th Grade
03/21/2006

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Anemometer
Definition
A tool used by wheather stations to measure the force and direction of the wind
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Wind vane
Definition
A chicken shapped pbject usually ontop of barns that shows the direction the wind is blowing in
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Barometer
Definition
A tool used to measure atmospheric pressure
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Overcast
Definition
The covering of mist or clouds
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Weather image
Definition
The image of the weather
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Rain gauge
Definition
A selitrical shapped tool used to measure rain fall
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Cold front
Definition
The leading portion of a cold atmospheric air mass moving against and eventually replacing a warm air mass.
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Warm front
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is the advancing of warm air that rises over the cold air
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Low pressure
Definition
An air mass of low pressure
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Humidity
Definition
Water vaper in the air
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Relative Huidity
Definition
Measurement that compares the amount of wter vaper in the air with the amout the air can hold at a certain tempature
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Dew Point
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the tempature at which volume of air cannot hold any more water vaper
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Air Mass
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a large body of air having similar properties or weather conditions
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Front
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The boundary between warm and cold air masses
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