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affect
to change or influance something. If something affects something else, it has an effect on it.
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air
the mixture of gases surrounding the Earth that we can breathe.
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powietrze
airfront
a boundary line between two air masses.
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front powietrza
altitude
the height of a place or object above sea level
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wysokość
anemometer
an instrument used for measuring wind speed
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wiatromierz
anti-clockwise
moving in the direction opposite to the direction of the hands of a clock
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przeciwnie do ruchu wskazówek zegara
anticyclone
an area of high air pressure that produces calm weather with very little wind
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antycyklon, wyż
anti-trades
winds that blow continously away from the equator
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przeciwpasaty
aqueduct
a structure lika a brigde that takes water across a valley
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akwedukt
ascend
to rise into the air
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wznosić się w powietrze
atmospheric
relating to or existing in the atmosphere round the Earth or round another planet
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atmosferyczny
autumn
the season of the year that comes between summer and winter
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jesień
barometer
a piece of equipment that shows you what kind of weather to expect. It measures atmospheric pressure.
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barometr
the Beaufort Scale
a series od numbers from 0 to 12 that are used to show how strongly the wind is blowing. 0 means that there is no wind and 12 means that there is a hurricane.
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Skala Beauforta
blanket
a thick layer of something, for example snow or cloud, that completely covers an area
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pokrywa, warstwa
blizzard
a storm with a lot of snow and strong winds
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zamieć śnieżna
block
to stop something from moving through or along something else
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zablokować
blow
if wind or air blows, the air moves
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wiać
blustery
1. with a strong winds 2. blowing strongly
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wietrznie
boreal
of or relating to the north
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północny
breeze
a light wind
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wietrzyk
cactus / cacti
a plant that grows in deserts and has a thick sterns and sharp points called spines
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kaktus / kaktusy
calculate
to discover a number or amount using mathematics or with a piece of equipment such as a calculator
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obliczać
calm
if the weather is calm, there is very little wind
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bezwietrzny
convection
the process by which the very small parts in a liquid or gas move and give out heat
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konwekcja
convectional rain
convectional rain occurs when air rises from a warm land surface
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deszcz konwekcyjny
cool
1. rather cold, often in a pleasant way [adjective] 2. cool or cooled down to become cooler, or to make something cooler [verb]
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chłodno
the Coriolis effect
the reason that winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected to the right and winds in the southern hemisphere are delfected to the left due to the rotation of the Earth on its axis from west to east
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efekt Coriolisa
cumulonimbus (a large, dark cloud associated with heavy rain and thunderstorms)
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cumulonimbus (duża, ciemna chmura związana z ulewnymi deszczami i burzami)
cumulus
a large low white cloud that is round at the top and flat at the bottom. Cumulus clouds from at the lower levels of the atmosphere
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chmura kłębiasta
current
1. a strong movement of water in one direction 2. a strong movement of air in one direction
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prąd
cyclonic rain
cyclonic rain is associated with low pressure system. It forms at the fronts where warm and cold air masses meet
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cykloniczny deszcz
cylinder
an object shaped like a wide tube
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cylinder
cypress
a tall tree with dark green leaves that do not fall off in the winter
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cyprys
date
a sweet brown sticky fruit with a hard narrow seed inside that grows on palm trees
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daktyl
decidous tree
decidous tree lose all their leaves each autumn
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drzewo liściaste
deflection
the action of making something go in a different direction, especially by hitting it
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załamywanie [światła]
degree
a unit for measuring temperature/angles. Measurements are often expressed as a number followed by the symbol °
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stopień (temperatury)
depression
a large mass of air at low pressure that usually brings cooler weather and rain
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depresja
desert
a large area of dry land that usually gets very little rain and has no permanent rivres, lakes etc. Very few plants or animals grow or live there. Most deserts are in hot regions, but there are some in very cold regions.
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pustynia
desertification
the process by which land becomes so dry that it cannot be used for farming
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pustynnienie
dew
small drops of water that form on the ground during the night
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rosa
dominate
to be the most important issue, activity, problem etc in a particular situation
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zdominować
drift
to be pushed along very slowly by the movement of air or water
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dryfować
drizzle
to rain in a very light way
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mżyć
drop
1. if the wind drops, it becomes less strong 2. a very small amount of liquid with a round shape 3. a fall in the amount or value of something
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zmniejszenie/kropla/spadek
funnel
a tube that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for pouring liquid or powder into a container
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lejek
gale
a very strong wind
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wichura
garigue
an area of low, open scrubland in Maditerranean area; characterized by small evergreen shrubs and low trees
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garig (formacja roślinna występująca w klimacie śródziemnomorskim)
graph
a picture that uses lines or curves to show the relationship between numbers or measurements that change
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wykres
grass
a very commonpant with thin green leaves that covers the ground. A single piece of grass is called a blde of grass
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trawa
graze
1. to eat grass growing in a field 2. to put an animal in a place where it can eat grass
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wypasać
the Gulf Stream
a current of warm water that flows from the Gulf of Mexico to the north and east across the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe
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Prąd Zatokowy
gust
1. if a wind gusts, it blows strongly for a short period of time [verb] 2. a sudden stron wind [noun]
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podmuch wiatru
hail
rain that freezes in the sky and falls to the ground as small balls of ice
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grad
heat
1. the quality of being hot, or the degree to which something is hot 2. the heat very hot weather
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upał
hemisphere
one half of the Earth. The nourtern hemisphere is the part of the world north of the equator, and the southern hemisphere is the part south of it
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półkula
high pressure
a large amount of force that the air produces in the atmosphere and that usually brings warm, calm weather
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wysokie ciśnienie
high
a period or situation in which something reaches its highest level
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wysoki
humid
hot and wet in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable
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wilgotny
hurricane
a violent storm with estremely strong winds and heavy rain
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huragan
hygrometer
a piece of equipment used for measuring humidity
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higrometr
inland
in a direction away from the coast
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śródlądowy
irrigate
to bring water to land through a system of pipes, ditches etc in order to make crops grow
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nawadniać
isobar
a line on the weather map that connects places with the same air pressure
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izobara
isohel
a line on the weather map that connects places of equal sunshine
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isohel
isohyet
a line on the weather map that connects places of equal precipitation
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izohieta
isoline
a line on the weather map
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izolina
isotach
a line on the weather map that connects places of equal wind speed
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izotach
isotherm
a line on the weather map that connects places of equal temperature
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izoterma
land breeze
a light wind blowing towards the sea from the land, especially at night
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bryza
occluded
an occluded front is the front formed when a cold front occludes (=overtakes and undercuts) a warm front
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zokludowany
offshore
an offshore wind [is blowing away from the land, towards the sea
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morski, przybrzeżny
olive
a small green or black fruit that grows in Mediterranean countries and is eaten as food or used for its oil. It grows on an olive tree
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oliwka
onshore
moving towards land from the sea
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lądowy
overcast
with a sky completely full of clouds
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pochmurny
overhead
above your head
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nad głową
ozone
1. a kind of oxygen that exists high in the Eath's atmofphere 2. fresh air that is near the sea
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ozon/świeże powietrze
palm
a palm tree, or a large plant similar to a palm tree
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palma
period
an amount of time during which something happens
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okres
polar
coming form or reating to an area near the North Pole or South Pole
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polarny
pole
one of the points on the very top or bottom of the Earth, called the North Pole and the South Pole
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biegun
prairie
a large fat area in central North America that is covered with grass and farms bur has no trees
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preria
precipitation
rain, snow, hail etc
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opad atmosferyczny
pressure
the amount of force that a gas or liquid produces in an area or container
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ciśnienie
prevailing wind
a wind that blows in a particular area at a particular time of a year
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przeważający wiatr
radar
a system that uses radio signals for finding the exact positions of something such as an aircraft or a ship
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radar
rain
1. water that falls in drops from clouds in the sky 2. when it rains, water falls in drops from clouds in the sky
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deszcz
rainfall
the amount of rain that falls in a particular area during a particular period of time
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opad
rain gauge
a piece of equipment used for measuring the amout of rain that falls
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wskaźnik opadów
rain shadow
a region that has little rain because it is protected by a mountain range in the direction of winds that carry rain. As the winds rise over the mountains they drop most of their water before reaching the other side
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cień deszczu
rainstorm
a storm with a lot of rain
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ulewa
the rainy season
in some regions of the world, the season in which a lot of rain falls
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pora deszczowa
range
all the numbers, ages, measurements etc that are included within particular fixed limits
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zakres, przedział
rate
1. the number of times something happens, or the sumber of examples of something within a particular period of time 2. the speed at which something happens within a particular perios of time
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wskaźnik/tempo
south-easterly
a south-easterly wind blows from the south-east
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południowo-wschodni
south-westerly
a south-westerly wind blows from the south-west
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południowo-zachodni
spell
a period when there is a particular type of weather
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okres (zazwyczaj krótki czas, gdy coś miało miejsce)
spring
the season of the year between winter and summer
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wiosna
squall
a storm that happens suddenly, especially at sea
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nawałnica, szkwał (nadmorski wiatr)
starry
a starry sky or night is one where a lot of stars can be seen in the sky
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gwiaździsty
Stevenson's screen
a box, usually painted white, used to shade thermometers in weather stations
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Ekran Stevensona (klatka meteorologiczna)
sticky
sticky weather is hot and damp (=with a lot of water in the air)
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parny (o dniu), gorący i wilgotny (o pogodzie)
stratus
flat grey cloud that is low in the sky
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chmura warstwowa
subarctic
relating to the very cold parts of the world just south of the Arctic Circle
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subarktyczny
subtropical
from or relating to the warm parts of the world just north and south of the tropics
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subtropikalny
summer
the season between spring and autumn, when the weather is hottest
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lato
summertime
the period of the year when it is summer
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pora letnia, okres lata, lato
sunlight
the light from the sun
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światło słoneczne
sunshine
light from the sun. This word is used especially to mean that the light is warm and pleasant
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światło słoneczne
swirl
to move quickly in circles, or to make something move in this way
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wirować
taiga
an area of land situated below the tundra in the northern hemisphere. It has cold winters and warm summers with many coniferous trees
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tajga
taproot
the main straight root of a plant that has smaller roots growing out frm its side
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korzeń pierwotny
temperate
never having extremely hot or extremely cold weather
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umiarkowany
temperature
a measurement of how hot or how cold a place or object is. Temperature is measured in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit, using the symbol °
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temperatura
thermometer
a piece of equipment that measures temperature
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termometr
thorn
a sharp point that sticks out from the sterm of a plant
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kolec
thrive
to become very successful, happy, or healthy
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prosperować
thunder
the loud noise that you sometimes hear in the sky during a storm
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grzmot
thunderstorm
a heavy storm with thunder
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burza z piorunami
topsoil
a layer of soil that is near the surface of the ground
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warstwa uprawna
tornado
a very strong wind that goes quickly round in a circle or funnel (also called a twister)
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tornado
droplet
a very small drop of liquid
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kropelka
drought
a long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die
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susza
dry season
a period of the year in some countries during which rain does not usually fall
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pora sucha
dust bowl
a region where there are a lot of dust storms because the soil has become dry from lack of rain
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obszar pustynny
easterly
a wind that blows from the east [plural: easterlies]
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wschodni
the elements
the weather, especially wind and rain
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żywioł
the equator
an imaginary line that goes round Earth and divides it into the northern and southern hemispheres
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równik
equatorial
naer the equator, or typical of conditions near the equator
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równikowy
evaporation
when liquid changes into gas or steam
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odparowanie
evergreen
1. a tree or plant that does not lose its leaves in winter 2. covered in green leaves all year long, not only in summer
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roślina wiecznie zielona
exert
to put force or physical pressure on something
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wywierać (nacisk, wpływ)
expand
to become larger in size and fill more space
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zwiększać, powiększać, powiększać się, rozwijać się
exposed
not protected from the weather
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odkryty, odsłonięty (na działanie czynników zewnętrznych)
ferrel's law
the law that predicts the directions of the large-scale circulations of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. It is a restatement in global terms of the action of the Coriolis force
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prawo Ferrela
fertility
the ability of the soil to produce a lot of good crops or plants
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płodność
flooding
a situatin in which water from a river or from tain covers large areas of land
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powódź
flower
1. the coloured part of a plant from which the plant's fruit develops. A flower is often made up of many petals [noun] 2. if a plant flowers, it produces flowers [verb]
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kwiat/kwitnąć
fog
a thick cloud that forms close to the ground or to water and is difficult to see through. Fog is thicker than mist
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mgła
force
1. used with a number for describing how strong a wind is 2. to use physical force to move things in a particular direction
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siła, moc
forecast
a statement about what is liely to happen, based on available information and usually relating to the weather, business, or the economy
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prognoza
front
a line where a large area of cold air meets a large area of warm air
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front atmosferyczny
frontal
relating to a weather front
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frontalny
frost
1. a thin white layer of ice that looks like powder and forms on things outside when the weather is very cold 2. a period of weather cold enough to form frost
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szron/mróz
landmass
a continent or a large area of land that is surrounded by sea
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ląd
lapse rate
the rate of change of temperature observed while moving opwards through the atmosphere
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gradient adiabatyczny
latitude
1. the distance of a point on the Earth from the equator, measured in degrees N and S 2. latitudes a place or region at a particular latitude
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szerokość geograficzna
lighting
the bright flashes of light that you see in the sky during a storm
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oświetlenie
low
1. small in amount or level 2. an area of low pressure
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niski
lows
used about temperatures
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niskie
magnetic pole
a place near the North/South Pole that compass points towards
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biegun magnetyczny
mean
average
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średnia
measurement
1. the exact size, degree, strength etc of something, usually expressed in number of standard units 2. the process of measuring something
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pomiary
mercury
a silver liquid metal element that is used in thermometers
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rtęć
meteorology
the scientific study of weather
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meteorologia
mild
mild weather is warm and pleasant, especially warmer than usual for time of year
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łagodny
milibars
a unit for measuring air pressure
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milibary
mist
a mass of small drops of water in the air close to the ground
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mgła
mistral
a cold, dry wind from the north that is common in the south France
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mistral (suchy, zimny, porywisty wiatr wiejący w południowej Francji w zimie)
moderate
neither very great nor very small in amount, size, strength, or degree
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umiarkowany
moist
1. slightly wet 2. used about a region or weather
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wilgotny
moisture
a small amount of water or another liquid in the air, on the surface of something, or in a substance
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wilgoć
monsoon
a period of heavy rain in India and Southeast Asia
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monsun
nimbostratus
thick low cloud that carries rain and covers all of the sky
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nimbostratus
north-easterly
a north-easterly wind blows from the north-east
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północno-wschodni
northerly
a northerly wind blows from the north
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północny
oasis
a place in the desert where there is water and plants and trees
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oaza
observation
a written or spoken comment about something you have seen, heard, or felt
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obserwacja
observe
to watch or study someone or something with care and attention in order to discover something
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obserwować
ray
1. an amountof light or heat from the sun 2. a narrow line of light that you can see coming from the sun or a lamp
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promień (światła)
reading
a number or amount shown on a piece of measuring equipment
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odczyt, pomiar
record
1. information kept about something that has happened 2. if a piece of equipment records an amount, it measures it and shows it
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zapis, protokół, rekord
relative humidity
the amount of water vapour in the air
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wilgotność względna
relief
the elevations of a land surface
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rzeźba terenu
renewable
renewable energy and natural materials replace themselves by natural processes, so that they never completely used up
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odnawialny
resource
things such as coal, trees, ans oil that exist in nature and can be used by people
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zasób
rise
1. rise or rise up to move upwards or to a higher positions 2. if a wind rises, it starts to become stronger
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wzrost / zwiększenie
rotate
to move in a circle around a fixed central point, or to move something in this way
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obracać, krążyć
satellite
an object that is sent into space to travel round the Eart in order to recieve and send information
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satelita
saturated
very wet
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przemoczony, namoczony
savanna
a large flat area of land covered with grass in a warm part of the world
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sawanna
scarce
if something is scarce, there is not very much of it
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ograniczony, niewystarczający
selva
a dense tropical rain forest
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gęsty las równikowy charakteryzujący się wysokimi wiecznie zielonymi drzewami
settled
not changing or likely to change
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osiadły, uregulowany (tryb życia), stabilna (sytuacja)
severe
severe weather is extremely unpleasant and likely to cause harm or damage
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ekstremalny (o pogodzie)
shaduf
a device consisting of a long pole weighted at one end and with a bucket at the other end, used for raising water
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żuraw studzienny
sheltered
a sheltered place is not affected by bad weather
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zaciszny, osłonięty
shower
a short period when it rains or snows
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niewielki deszcz, przelotny deszcz
sky
the space above the Earth that you see when you look up into the air
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niebo
sleet
a mixture of snow and rain
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deszcz ze śniegiem
smog
polluted air that forms a cloud close to the ground
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smog
snow
small soft white pieces of ice that fall from the sky and cover the ground
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śnieg
soakage
the amount of liquid that soaks into, through, or out of an object
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wsiąkanie
solar
relating to the Sun, or coming from the Sun
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słoneczny
torrential
torrential rain falls fast in large amounts
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gwałtowny, ulewny
towering
much taller than surrounding people or things
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górujący (nad czymś), strzelisty (np. budynek)
trade wind
a wind that blows continuously toward the equator
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pasat
tropical
used about weather that is very hot, especially when the air also feels slightly wet
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tropikalny
the tropics
the hottest parts of the Earth, that are near the equator. They are between the Tropic of Cancer and of Capricorn
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zwrotniki
tundra
a large flat area of land without trees in very cold northern parts of the world
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tundra
typhoon
a tropical storm with strong winds that move in circles
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tajfun
unequal
not the same in amount, number, or size
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nierówny
unsettled
unsettled weather changes a lot during a short period and there is a lot of wind and rain
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zmienna pogoda
vapour
very small drops of water or other liquides in the air that make the air feel wet
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para wodna
variation
the existence of differences in amount, number, level, form etc
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zmiana
vegetation
plants and trees
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roślinność
warm front
the front egde of mass of warm air that brings warm weather when it moves into an area
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ciepły front
warm
to make something or someone warm
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podgrzewać, ogrzewać
waxy
smooth and shiny like wax
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woskowy
weather
the conditions that exist in the atmosphere relating to temperature, precipitation, and other features
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pogoda
weather vane
an object, often an arrow or a model of a cock, that is fixed to the top of a building and points in the direction the wind is coming from
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wiatrowskaz
westerly
a westerly wind blows from the west
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zachodni
windy
1. with a lot of wind 2. used about places where there is a lot of wind
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wietrzny
winter
the season after autumn and before spring, when it is usually cold
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zima
wispy
if something is wispy, it has a long, thin, delicate shape, for example a cloud, smoke, or hair
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rzadki, słaby
campbell-stokes recorder
an instrument used to measure the hours of sunshine each day
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rejestrator Campbella-Stokesa
Celsius
a system for measuring temperature that is part of the mertic system, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
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stopień Celsjusza
centigrade
an old-fashioned measurement of temperature
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stopień Celsjusza
changeable
tending to change suddenly and often
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niestały
chart
1. a list, drawing, or graph showing information in a way that is easy to understand 2. a map, especially one used for planning what direction a ship or aircraft will travel in
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diagram, wykres, tabela
chill factor
the cooling effect of the wind
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Czynnik chłodzący
cirrus
a type of thin cloud found very high in the sky
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chmura pierzasta
clear
in the sky or the weather is clear, there are no clouds, rain etc
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czysty (o niebie), bezchmurny
climate
1. the type of weather that a country or a region has 2. an area that a particular type of weather
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klimat
climatic
relating to the climate of a country or region
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klimatyczny
climb
if a temperature, price, or the level of something climbs, it becomes higher
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wzrastać (np. o temperaturze, cenach)
clockwise
moving in a circle in the same direction as the hands on a clock
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zgodnie z kierunkiem wskazówek zegara
cloud
a white or grey mass of very small drops of water in the sky
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chmura
cloudless
a cloudless sky has no clouds in it
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bezchmurny
cloudly
full od clouds
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zachmurzony
cold front
the place where a moving mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air. Cold front is usually cause heavy rain and they sometimes cause thunder
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zimny front
concentrated
intense or stronger
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stężony
condensation
1. the water on windows or walls that forms when steam or warm air chnges into liquid 2. the process in which a gas changes into a liquid, usually when it becomes cooler
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kondensacja
condense
if gas or steam condenses, or if something condenses it, it chnages into a liquid, usually when ut becomes cooler
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skraplać
conditions
the weather, especially when it is bad
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warunki (pogodowe)
coniferous
1. a coniferous tree produces cones 2. a coniferous forest has only conifers growing in it
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iglasty
consequence
a result or effect of something
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konsekwencja
constant
continuing at the same rate, level, or amount over a particular period of time
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stały
control
to have the power to make decisions and decide what will happen to something
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kontrola

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