Weather Part 2 Vocabulary

A large body of air that has uniform temperature and humidity. Have distinct boundaries and can extend hundreds or thousands of kilometers over Earth's surface.

• air mass

• cold front

• atmosphere

• climate

The mixture of gases surrounding Earth and forming its atmosphere

• climate

• weather

• mercury

• air

The force exerted on a surface by the weight of the air above it; also called atmospheric pressure

• air mass

• air pressure

• atmosphere

• climate

An instrument used to measure wind speed

• hygrometer

• barometer

• anemometer

• thermometer

An instrument used to measure air pressure

• barometer

• anemometer

• thermometer

• wind sock

A pattern of weather conditions over a period of many years or centuries

• weather

• climate

• air pressure

• atmosphere

A visible accumulation of water on condensation nuclei, either as liquid or ice, usually high in the air

• atmosphere

• cloud

• pressure

• cold front

A puffy cloud; means "heap" in Latin

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

The leading edge of a moving air mass

• front

• atmosphere

• air pressure

• isobar

Wind that affects large sections of Earth, such as trade winds

• tornado

• global wind

• air pressure

• warm front