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118.layers of atmosphere[image] |
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Def.Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere
Sent.Airplanes fly in the stratosphere to get radio service.
Examples.troposphere/mesosphere |
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119.changing states of water |
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def. Energy let go and taken back by a body or thermodynamic system
Sent.who would have thought that the pretty dark earth ,was latent in the seed we planted?
Examples; melting/Evaporation
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121. saturation Point[image] |
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def.no more of something that ccan be absorbed or accepted.
Sent.The Earth's soil is saturated with nitrogen.
Examples:the solutions temperture/The solutions pressure |
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122.relative Humidity[image] |
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Def.how much percentage in the air is water.
Sent.The relative humidity varies alot.
Examples:30 degrees/20 degrees |
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def.a tool to measure gravity
Sent.i used a hydrometer when i was on the airplane
Examples:linear density /constant density |
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def.the atmospheric temperature
Sent.The dew point in texas is 70 degrees
Examples;80 degrees/90 degrees |
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125.Adiabatic rates [image] |
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def.temperture fall but increases in altitude
Sent.i was mad when the adiabatic came because it was hot and all but the wind messed up my hair.
Examples;humidity/rainfall |
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def. water vapor floating in the atmosphere in the sky
Sent. i was looking at the beautiful clouds in the sky
Examples;mashmellow/white smoke |
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def. a large amount of air pressure, temperture and humidity
Sent.we had air mass flow sensory promblems.
Examples;smoke/heat
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def.the pressure exterted bt the atmosphere
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def.something that measures atmospheric pressure
Sent.In the northern region, where the barometer rises o 38 in.
Examples;meter/compus
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def.natural movement of air
Sent.The wind blew so hard it flipped the pages in the book outside.
Example;pv array/wind generator |
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def.a line on a map connecting points the atmosphere pressure ata certain time.
sent.is class we learned how to read a isbor map
Examples;topographic/climate |
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132.factors affecting winds[image] |
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def.pressure gradient forces,coriolis effect and friction
Sent.i was about the factors affecting winds
Examples;convection current/opposite rotations |
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133.condensation nuclei[image] |
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def.cloud seeds
sent.I knew we had to use condensation nuclei to make the clouds work better for are science project
Examples;CCN/small particles,cloud droplets |
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def.a system of winds rotating inward
sent. the wind pulled her into the cyclones and she died.
examples:tsunami/tornadoe |
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def.a weather system with high atmospheric pressure at its center, around which air slowly circulates in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. Anticyclones are associated with calm, fine weather.
Sent.Anticyclones are opposite to cyclones
example;cycle/high pressure area |
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def.When cooler dense mass is being replaced with warmer.
sent.There was a cold front located in chicago
Example:seasons /putting food in the fridge
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def.the warm sector of a low-pressure system
sent.warm fronts goes on top of the cold fronts
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138.stationary front[image] |
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def.a cold air mass and a warm air mass is stationary
Sent.A wide variety of weather can be found along a stationary front,
Examples;heat/ac |
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139.Occluded front[image] |
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def.a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a war front and forces it move.
sent.An occluded front is formed during something called cyclogenesis
Examples;39degrees ferihiet /cold air receding |
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def.an irregularly occurring and misunderstanding series of climatic changes affecting the equator Pacific region and every few years
Sent.The El Niño of 1997-98 was the worst on record.
Examples;pacific climate change |
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def.something that absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun.
sent.airplanes fly under theozone to get better signal
Example;tropospher/stratosphere |
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