Layers of the atmosphere is 6 different layers that are made up in the atmosphere which are Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere.
Sentence: The layers of the atmosphere has 6 different layers.
Ex 1: Stratosphere
Ex 2: Mesosphere
Term
119. Changing States of Water
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Changing States of Water is the states in which matter can exist: as a solid, liquid, or gas. When temperature changes, matter can undergo a phase change, shifting from one form to another.
Sentence: Changes of water is the which matter can exist.
Ex 1: solid
Ex 2: liquid
Term
121. Saturation Point
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Saturation Point is the stage at where no more substance can be absorbed into a vapor or dissolved into a solution.
Sentence: When no more substance can absored into a vapor that is the stage of saturation point.
Ex 1: salt in water
Ex 2: sugar in water
Term
122. Relative Humidity
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Relative Humidity is theamountofwatervaporintheair,expressedasa percentageofthemaximumamountthattheaircouldhold athegiventemperature
Sentence: Relative Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air.
Ex 1: air pressure
Ex 2: temperature
Term
123. Hygrometer
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Hygrometer is anyinstrumentformeasuringthewater-vaporcontentoftheatmosphere.
Sentence: Hygrometer is a instrument for measuring water vapor.
Ex 1: water vapor
Ex 2: water
Term
124. Dew Point
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Dew Point is thetemperaturetowhichairmustbecooled,atagivenpressureandwater-vaporcontent
Sentence: thetemperaturetowhichairmustbecooled is dew point.
Ex 1: humidity
Ex 2: water
Term
125. Adiabatic Rates
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Adiabatic Rates is the rate at which atmosphere temperature decreases with increasing altitude in conditions of thermal equilibruim.
Sentence: Adiabatic Rates is when temperature decreases with increasing altitude.
Ex 1: Air passing over a cool surface loses energy through conduction
Ex 2: Dry adiabatic lapse rate calculator solving for change in temperature given change in altitude or elevation
Term
126. Clouds
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Clouds is a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
Sentence: There are different types of clouds like cirrus, cumulus, stratus etc.
Ex 1: cirrus
Ex 2: cumulus
Term
127. Air Mass
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Air Mass a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
Sentence: Air Mass is a body of air horizontally uniform temperature.
Ex 1: humidity
Ex 2: pressure
Term
128. Air Pressure
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Air Pressure is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air.
Sentence: Air pressure is forced exerted onto a surface by weight of air.
Ex 1: Air pressure in car tire
Ex 2: Sucking a drink through a draw
Term
129. Barometer
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Definition
Barometer is an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used espically in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.
Sentence: A barometer is an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure.
Ex 1: instrument
Ex 2: measuring
Term
131. Isobar Map
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Isobar Map is an imaginary line or a line on a map or chart connecting or marking places of equal barometric.
Sentence: Isobar Map is a line on a map correcting or marking places.
Ex 1:
Ex 2:
Term
134. Cyclones
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Cyclones is a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
Sentence: cyclones is a system of winds rotating inward to an area.
Ex 1:Hooghly River Cyclone
Ex 2: India and Bangladesh
Term
135. Anticyclones
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Definition
Anticyclones a weather system with high atmospheric pressure at its center, around which air slowly circulates in a clockwise (northern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (southern hemisphere) direction. Anticyclones are associated with calm, fine weather.
Sentence: anticyclones is a weather system with high atmospheric.
Ex 1: Duringtheyeartheanticyclonefurnishesuswithaboutsixtypercent.
Ex 2:barometer,ontheotherhand,isusuallyanindicationofthefineweatherassociatedwithananticyclone.
Term
136. Cold Front
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Cold Front is the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
Sentence: cold front is the boundary of advancing mass
Ex 1: cold air advancing
Ex 2: cold air
Term
137. Warm Front
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Warm Front the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
Sentence: the boundary of a advancing mass of warm air.
Ex 1: warm advancing air
Ex 2: warm air
Term
138. Stationary Front
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Stationary Front is astationary front is a pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
Sentence: stationary front is a pair of masses that combine togther and create gentle rain or snow
Ex 1: rain
Ex 2: snow
Term
139. Occluded Front
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Definition
Occluded Front a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses. The colder air moves under the warmer air pushing it up and then moves forward until it meets a mass that is warmer and pushes it up too.
Sentence: a front produced by occlusion.
Ex 1: cool temperatures
Ex 2: large amounts of snow
Term
141. El Nino
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Definition
El Nino an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years, characterized by the appearance of unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December.
Sentence: el nino is a complex of series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region.
Ex 1: la nina
Ex 2: Pacific region
Term
142. La Nina
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Definition
La Nina a cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific that occurs at irregular intervals and is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns complementary to those of El Niño, but less extensive and damaging in their effects.
Sentence: a cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific that occurs at irregular intervals.
Ex 1: El nino
Ex 2: Pacfic region
Term
143. Doppler Effect
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Definition
Doppler Effect an increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves as the source and observer move toward (or away from) each other. The effect causes the sudden change in pitch noticeable in a passing siren, as well as the redshift seen by astronomers.
Sentence: an increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves as the source and observer move toward (or away from) each other.
Ex 1: sound
Ex 2: light
Term
144. Ozone Layer
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Definition
Ozone Layer is a layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 km) containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun.
Sentence: a layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 km) containing a high concentration of ozone.
Ex 1: radiation
Ex 2: sun
Term
145. Greenhouse Effect
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Definition
Greenhouse Effect the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface.
Sentence: the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation.
Ex 1: visible radation
Ex 2: sun
Term
146. Global Warming
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Definition
Global Warming a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
Sentence: a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere.