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Water Cycle
100
the blanket of gases that surrounds Earth
What is atmophere?
100
the force put on a given area by the wieght of the air above it
What is air pressure?
100
the most common sever storm, formed in cumulonimbus clouds
What is a thunder storm?
100
you can see this condensed water vapor in the sky.
What are clouds?
100
water in the form of a gas
What is water vapor?
200
the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface
What is the troposphere?
200
air that moves horizontally
What is wind?
200
a violent whirling wind that moves across the ground in a narrow path
What is a tornado?
200
a cloud that forms in blanketlike layers
What is a stratus cloud?
200
the process of changing a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation?
300
We use a thermometer to measure this
What is temperature?
300
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
a very large, swirling storm with very low pressure at the center
What is a hurricane?
300
a puffy cloud that appears to rise up from a flat bottom
What is a sumulus cloud?
300
any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation?
400
conditions in the troposphere at any given place and time
What is weather?
400
a large region of the atmophere where the air has similar properties throughout
What is an air mass?
400
a great rise of the sea along a shore caused by low pressure
What is a storm surge?
400
a high-altitude cloud with a featherlike shape, made of ice crystals
What is a cirrus cloud?
400
the changing of a gas into a liquid
What is condensation?
500
the continuous movement of water between Earth's surface adn the air, changing from liquid to gas to liquid
What is the water cycle?
500
a boundary between air masses with different temperatures
What is front?
500
This device measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
500
a cloud at ground level
What is fog?
500
the surface on which a tiny water droplet or ice crystal will form in the atmosphere
What is dust particle?
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