Unit 4: Weather Vocab

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What is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by several forces acting upon the water?

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Ocean currents

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What term is used in relation to the sea?

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Maritime

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Which term refers to the portion of Earth that consists of water in any of its forms, including oceans, glaciers, rivers, lakes, groundwater, and water vapor?

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Hydrosphere

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What is a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans with sustained hurricane-force winds of at least 119 km/h?

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Typhoon

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What is the capacity to have an effect on the development or behavior of something?

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Influence

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What is the term for the long-term average of weather in a particular area?

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Climate

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What is the layer of gases surrounding the Earth called?

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Atmosphere

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What is the process by which water vapor turns into liquid water?

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Condensation

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What is the term for the movement of air from high pressure to low pressure?

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Wind

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What do we call the boundary between two different air masses?

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