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Anemometer |
Used to measure wind speed. |
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Anticyclone |
High pressure weather. |
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Climate |
The weather conditions over a long period of time. |
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Climate graph |
A graph showing total rainfall and temperature during a year. |
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Continental climate |
Climate in the interior of large land masses. |
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Convectional rainfall |
Caused by rising pockets of warm air which cool and water condenses,
then the moist air sinks and causes rainfall. |
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Depression |
Low pressure weather. |
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Desertification |
When land becomes poor and infertile due to drought and
mismanagement. |
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Dew |
Condensed water vapour on the surface. |
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Drought |
Severe lack of rain. |
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Fog |
Water condensed on dust particles. |
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Front |
A mass of air. |
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Frontal rain |
When less dense warm air meets cold air and the warm air rises above
the cold causing rain. |
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Frost |
Condensed water vapour frozen on the surface. |
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Global warming |
The warming of the earth's temperature due to pollution. |
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Greenhouse effect |
Warm air is trapped by CO2 gasses. |
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Isobars |
Lines on a weather map to show pressure. |
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Leeward slope |
The side of the mountain not facing the prevailing wind. |
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Maritime climate |
Climate influenced by the sea. |
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Microclimate |
What the climate is like in a small particular area. |
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Mild |
Not hot, not cold. (temperate) |
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Prevailing wind |
The dominant wind direction. |
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Rainshadow |
The area on the leeward slope where it doesn't rain. |
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Relief rainfall |
Warm moist air blows in, rises over the hills or mountains, cools,
condenses into cloud forming relief rain. |
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Temperate |
Not hot, not cold. (mild) |
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Thunderstorm |
Heavy rain with lightning and thunder, usually in the summer. |
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Weather |
The atmospheric conditions in a particular moment. |
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Windward slope |
The side of the mountain facing the prevailing wind where it rains. |
