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Weather Flashcards
Revision for SOSE Exam
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Environmental Studies
8th Grade
10/17/2010

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Term
Evaporate
Definition
When heat turns water into steam/vapour and can form clouds.
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Troposphere
Definition
The layer of tha atmosphere the most weather occurs in.
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Water Vapour
Definition
Evaporated water
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Hemisphere
Definition
Half of a sphere divinded. Or one half of the earth. There are Northern and Southern hemispheres.
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Solar Radiation
Definition
Energy from the sun that heats the earth.
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Altitude
Definition
The height that something is above sea level.
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Latitude
Definition
A measure of how far away something is from the equator (horizontally)
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Condensation
Definition
When water vapour turns back into water.
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Transpiration
Definition
When water from plants is evaporated, similar to sweating.
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Static Electricity
Definition
Electricity that does not move in a current. It is responsible for lightning.
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Wavelength
Definition
The distance between the peak of two waves.
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Atmospheric Pressure
Definition
The pressure that the weaight of the air applies on the earths surface.
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Radar tracking weather balloon
Definition
A weather balloon that uses radars to measure winds and cloud patterns on the upper atmosphere
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