Unit 8 Vocab

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at the particular time and place.

• Barometer
• Weather
• Air Mass
• Psychrometer

The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere; where all weather takes place.

• Weather
• Air Pressure
• Troposphere
• Wind

An instrument used to measure changes in the air.

• Barometer
• Weather Front
• Anemometer
• Humidity

A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure.

• Humidity
• Local Winds
• La Nina
• Air Mass

The amount of water vapor in a given volume of air

• Humidity
• Air Pressure
• Surface Currents
• El Nino

The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part to another.

• La Nina
• Troposphere
• Convection Currents
• Atmosphere

The relatively thin layer of gases that form Earth's outermost layer.

• Troposphere
• Atmosphere
• Coriolis Effect
• Surface Currents

An instrument used to measure relative humidity.

• Air Pressure
• Weather Front
• Anemometer
• Psychrometer

An instrument used to measure wind speed.

• Anemometer
• Gyres
• Jet Stream
• Wind

The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.

• Wind
• Local Wind
• Troposphere
• Air Pressure