weather vocabulary. the layer of air that surrounds our planet
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Weather Vocabulary
The layer of air that surrounds our
planet
atmosphere
Particles of air pressing down on the Earth’s surface
air pressure
The layer of the Earth’s atmosphere that is closest to
the Earth
troposphere
The layer of the Earth’s atmosphere
that contains the ozone
stratosphere
The warming of the Earth caused by the
atmosphere trapping thermal energy from the
SunSun
Greenhouse effect
A huge body of airhuge body of air that has similar
temperature and moisture
Air mass
The border where two air masses
meet
Front
Wispy, high-altitude clouds that are made up of ice
crystals
*fair weather
cirrus
Puffy cotton-ballPuffy cotton-ball clouds that form
when water droplets condense at middle
altitudes
cumulus
Towering dark rainTowering dark rain clouds with a
nimbus, or halo, of gray-white
*thunderstorms, rain
cumulonimbus
Dark gray cloudsDark gray clouds that form a low layer
and sometimes brings light rain or
snow showers*blanket
stratus
Instrument that measures air
pressure
barometer
The amount of water vapor in the
air
Humidity
An instrument that measures moisture
in the air
hygrometer
An instrument that is used to measure
wind speed.
anemometer