UNIT 4 – WEATHER AND CLIMATE GLOSSARY ENGLISH

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UNIT 4 – WEATHER AND CLIMATE
ENGLISH
Rotation
SPANISH
Rotación
DEFINITION/IN CONTEXT
Movement of the Earth around its axis
Revolution
Traslación
Movement of the Earth around the Sun
Maximum
temperature
Minimum
temperature
Average temperature
Temperatura
máxima
Temperatura
mínima
Temperatura
media
Precipitación Water falling from clouds in liquid
form or in solid form
Precipitación
media anual
Precipitación
por
evaporación
del suelo
Precipitación
por el relieve
Precipitation /
Rainfall
Annual average
rainfall
Convectional
precipitation
Relief precipitation /
Orographic
precipitation
Frontal precipitation
Rain gauge
Precipitación
por el
contacto de
masas de
aire a
distintas
temperaturas
Pluviómetro A type of instrument used by
meteorologists to gather and measure
the amount of liquid precipitation over
a set period of time.
Barometer
Barómetro
An instrument used to measure
atmospheric pressure
Atmospheric
pressure
Presión
atmosférica
The earth is covered in a layer of air.
However, this layer is not distributed
evenly around the globe. At different
times, the layer of air is thicker in some
places than in others. Where the layer
of air is thicker, there is more air. Since
there is more air, there is a higher
pressure in that spot.
GLOSSARY
PICTURE
Anticyclone
Anticiclón
A weather event where there is a
downward movement of the air and a
high pressure area over the part of the
planet's surface affected by it.
Low
Borrasca
Region where the atmospheric pressure
is lower in relation to the surrounding
area
Climate graph /
climogram
Climograma
Weather vane /
Weathercock
Veleta
Anemometer
Anemómetro A device that is used for measuring
wind speed
An instrument for showing the
direction of the wind
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