Describing Weather

Short-term atmospheric conditions at a certain time and place.

• Weather

• Climate

• Storms

• Conditions

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Scientists who study and predict weather.

• cosmologists

• meteorologists

• geologists

• anthropologists

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The pressure that a column of air exerts on the surface below it.

• wind pressure

• air force

• air pressure

• air weight

An instrument that measures air pressure.

• thermometer

• hygrometer

• anemometer

• barometer

The amount of water vapor in the air.

• humidity

• relative humidity

• evaporation

• saturation

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The amount of water vapor in the air compared to how much it will hold at a certain temperature

• humidity

• saturation

• relative humidity

• evaporaton

________ forms when air near the ground becomes saturated and condenses into a liquid.

• rain

• dew

• fog

• mist

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As air cools down, it reaches the point where it can no longer contain all of the moisture that is in it. This temperature is called the ___________________.

• breaking point

• freezing point

• saturation point

• dew point

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Water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

• mountains

• fluffy cotton

• condensation

• clouds

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Clouds that are flat, white, and layered; often covering the sky.

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus