Weather and Climate Vocabulary - Statistics

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Definition	Word	% Correct
Prolonged period of dry weather	Drought	95%
Branch of science dealing with weather forecasting	{Meteor}ology	95%
Severe snowstorm	Blizzard	94%
Metal that can be found inside thermometers	Mercury	94%
Layer of the atmosphere, with high levels of O₃, that blocks UV radiation	Ozone	88%
Gas, emitted by cows, that contributes to global warming	Methane	85%
Device used to measure air pressure	Barometer	83%
Region of calm weather at the center of a tropical cyclone	Eye	83%
Second lowest layer of the atmosphere, beginning 8-18 km above the surface	{Strat}osphere	83%
Tropical cyclone that occurs in the western Pacific or Indian oceans	Typhoon	80%
Seasonal shift in wind direction, bringing wet or dry air, especially in India	Monsoon	79%
Measure of the amount of water vapor in the air	Humidity	77%
Term for when clouds obscure at least 95% of the sky	Overcast	69%
Sustained winds of 50-102 km/h	Gale	62%
Brief, light snow shower	Flurry	61%
Boundary between two different air masses	Front	59%
Wispy cloud that forms at high altitude	Cirrus	58%
Type of cloud that produces thunderstorms	Cumulonimbus	50%
Term for when, contrary to normal, temperature increases with altitude	Inversion	20%
Measure of how much sunlight is reflected	Albedo	16%

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