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Science : an organized body of knowledge gathered from careful observation
science : the process of gaining knowledge
theory : a synthesis of a large body of information to help understand and explain occurrences
law : a general statement that is usually expressed as a mathematical expression
hypothesis : tentative explanation about a set of observations
Pseudoscience : uses scientific inquiry to convince, confuse, or mislead people into thinking that something has scientific validity when it does not
Technology : application of scientific facts for everyday use
logia : Latin term meaning “study of”
scientia : Latin term meaning “to know”
carbondioxide : most common greenhouse gas
greenhouseeffect : the warming of the earth as the result of the presence of our atmosphere
archipelago : sea with several scattered islands
cyclone : rising of air causing low pressure area in the surface of the earth and cloud formation
anticyclone : sinking of the air causing high pressure area in the surface of the earth and cloud formation
monsoon : this local wind pattern is like a breeze and is a result of differential heating of continents and oceans
front : boundary where two different air masses meet
ITCZ: a region where the trade winds from the north and south hemispheres meet
maritime: air mass that comes from and ocean and has high moisture content
continental: air mass that comes from land and has low moisture content
airmass: air that has uniform temperature and humidity
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a general statement that is usually expressed as a mathematical expression
a region where the trade winds from the north and south hemispheres meet
boundary where two different air masses meet
Latin term meaning “study of”
a synthesis of a large body of information to help understand and explain occurrences
air that has uniform temperature and humidity
rising of air causing low pressure area in the surface of the earth and cloud formation
this local wind pattern is like a breeze and is a result of differential heating of continents and oceans
the process of gaining knowledge
an organized body of knowledge gathered from careful observation
air mass that comes from and ocean and has high moisture content
Latin term meaning “to know”
tentative explanation about a set of observations
application of scientific facts for everyday use
sinking of the air causing high pressure area in the surface of the earth and cloud formation
sea with several scattered islands
air mass that comes from land and has low moisture content
most common greenhouse gas
uses scientific inquiry to convince, confuse, or mislead people into thinking that something has scientific validity when it does not
the warming of the earth as the result of the presence of our atmosphere