Science Finals

• Weather


  The condition of the atmosphere in a given place at a particular time
• Weather Patterns


  When the weather stays the same for days or weeks around a time
• Weather Forecast


  Given on a daily basis to inform people of the weather condition
• Meteorologists


  Scientists who study weather conditions
• Tropics


  A region that is located along the equator of earth
• Season


  The division of the year based on distinctive weather conditions
• Dry Season


  A period either a low amount of rainfall in a region
• Rainy Season or Wet Season


  The time of the year when a region receives an average annual rainfall
• Amihan


  Wind blew from the east
• Habagat


  The wind originated from the west
• PAGASA


  The official weather authority in the philippines
• Air Mass


  Large body of air that has similar properties to the region of the surface of earth
• Cold Front


  Cold air mass replaced the warm air mass near the ground
• Weather Front


  Boundary between two air masses that have different densities based on moisture or temperature
• Cumulonimbus Clouds


  It happens when a warm air mass cools and when it reaches high altitude and causes water vapor to condense and form clouds
• Warm Front


  The boundary where warm air mass replaces a cold air mass
• Stationary Front


  It happens once a boundary between air masses stop advancing and stays in the same place
• Temperature


  The measure of the degree of hotness or coldness of the air
• Humidity


  The measure of moisture present in the air
• Precipitation


  Any form of moisture including rain,drizzle,snow,freezing rain
• Four Seasons

  spring

  summer

  winter

  autumn
• Wind


  The horizontal movement of the air near the surface of earth
• Atmospheric Pressure


  The weight of air resting on the atmosphere of earth
• Climate


  Refers to how the atmosphere behaves in a given place over a long period of time
• Typhoon Yolanda was one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded causing massive devastation across multiple islands in the philippines
• Cyclone


  A fast-moving wind originating from warm oceans
• Typhoon


  A kind of cyclone that has a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour
• Sun


  A hot ball of glowing gases at the heart of our solar system
• Ellipses


  Planets orbit the sun in oval-shaped paths
• Rotation


  Spinning of earth
• Night and Day


  Rotation of earth causes the cycle
• Prime Meridian


  Imaginary lines dividing earth begin at Greenwich, a district of London
• Revolution


  The movement of earth on its orbit around the sun
• 365.25 days


  A complete trip of earth around the sun
• Eclipse


  Happens when the new moon moves between the sun and earth blocking out the sun rays and casting shadow on the part of earth
• Solar Eclipse


  Occurs when the moon passes between earth and the sun, thereby obscuring of the sun from a small part of the earth totally and partially
• Lunar Eclipse


  Occurs when the moon moves into the earth's shadow causing the moon to be darkened
• 21 to 23 typhoons that hit one country each year
• Elements of Weather

  temperature 

  humidity

  precipitation 

  wind

  atmospheric pressure
• Two Season

  rainy season

  dry season