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A scientist who studies the weather is a
meteorologist
The earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place is called
weather
The typical year round weather of a certain place is it's
climate
The instrument that measures air temperature
thermometer
Instrument that measures air pressure
barometer
Instrument that measures humidity
hygrometer
Instrument that measures wind speed
anemometer
Device that uses sound waves to detect objects underwater
sonar
Sequence of development of a hurricane
tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane
droplets of water on grass and soil
dew
stratus cloud near earths surface
fog
thick brown haze that results from molecules broken down by sun into noxious chemicals
photochemical smog
Light feathery deposits of ice crystals
frost
most common form of percipitaion, at least .5 mm diameter
rain
tiny drops of water less than .5 mm
drizzle
balls of ice that fall during thunderstorm
hail
supercooled raindrops that freeze when they hit the ground
freezing rain
small solid pellets of ice
sleet
six sided ice crystals that clump together as they fall
snow
Rhythmic back and forth motions of water that transfer energy thru water
waves
Gentle rolling waves that appear in ocean during calm weather
ocean swells
Pounding mass of foaming water that breaks on the beach
surf
Movements of ocean water caused by the moon
tide
Study of oceans, seas, and their basins
oceanography
most common substance in the sea
sodium chloride (table salt)
boundary in the ocean where cold, deep water meets sun warmed water near the surface
thermocline
tornado formed over water
waterspout
speed of winds to classify storm as hurricane
74 mph
elevated water levels accompanying hurricane are called
storm surge
white clouds like cotton puffs
cumulus
thunderclouds
cumulonimbus
flat gray clouds close to ground
stratus
stratus rain clouds
nimbostratus
very high cumulus clouds
altocumulus
wispy feathery clouds
cirrus
lens shaped clouds over mountains
lenticular
huge chunks of floating ice
icebergs
well known ocean current that flows across Atlantic toward Europe
Gulf Stream
funnel of powerful wind created by severe thunderstorm
tornado
discharge of electricity thru the air
lightning
The scientific name for rain, drizzle, sleet, snow, hail
precipitation
Deepest known point in the sea, near the Marina Trench
Challenger Deep
Gigantic waves formed by earthquakes, explosions, and undersea landsides
tsunamis
boundary between two air masses
front
front formed when cold air moves into warm air mass
cold front
Y shaped front caused by fast moving cold front into slow moving warm front
occluded front
Maritime tropical air masses usually bring
humid warm weather
process changes liquid into gas
evaporation
most powerful type of thunderstorm
supercell
center of the hurricane
eye
winter storm that produces a great bunch of snow (lets pray for one this winter!)
blizzard
extra energy gained by water molecule as it changes to vapor
heat of vaporization
subsurface ocean current caused by differences in density
density current
weak tides caused by sun and moon at right angles of one another
neap tides
huge plain of deep ocean floor
abyssal plain
sea floor slopes steeply to about 2000 meters beneath the surface
continental slope
thick gentle slope of sediment that border deep ocean floor
continental rise
unusual flat topped seamounts
guyot
underwater mountain range
mid oceanic ridge
where sea goes deeper than 6000 m in depth
oceanic deep