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FLASH CARDS. Climate. Click for Definition. The composite or Generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness and winds averaged over a series of years. Climate. Click for Definition. Convection.

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  1. FLASH CARDS

  2. Climate Click for Definition

  3. The composite or Generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness and winds averaged over a series of years. Climate Click for Definition

  4. Convection Click for Definition

  5. The transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas Convection Click for Definition

  6. Ozone Click for Definition

  7. A form of oxygen with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine, produced with an electric spark or ultraviolet light is passed through air or oxygen Ozone Click for Definition

  8. Stratosphere Click for Definition

  9. The region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles above the earth Stratosphere Click for Definition

  10. Thermosphere Click for Definition

  11. The region of the upper atmosphere in which temperature increases continuously with altitude, encompassing essentially all of the atmosphere above the mesosphere. Thermosphere Click for Definition

  12. Half-life Click for Definition

  13. Is the time required for half the nuclei in a sample of a specific isotopic species to undergo radioactive decay Half-life Click for Definition

  14. Psychrometer Click for Definition

  15. An instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated Psychrometer Click for Definition

  16. Isobar Click for Definition

  17. A line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same Isobar Click for Definition

  18. Chinook Click for Definition

  19. A warm, dry wind that blows at intervals down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains Chinook Click for Definition

  20. Monsoon Click for Definition

  21. A wind system that influences large climactic regions and reverses direction seasonally. A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer Monsoon Click for Definition

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