Vocabulary
liquid water droplets suspended
What is cloud
the mixture of gases surrounding a planet
What is atmosphere
water as a gas
What is Water vapor
what is the first step of energy transfer?
energy from the sun heats the surface
the movement of air in a particular direction
What is wind
something we observe to be similar over and over again
What is pattern
How many layers are in the atmosphere
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the process by which a gas changes to a liquid
What is condensation
what is the second step to energy transfer
energy from the heated surface transfers to the air above and warms it
The ability to make things move or change
What is energy
where something comes from
What is source
the layer of the atmosphere closest to earth
What is troposphere
the process by which a liquid changes to a gas
What is evaporation
what do the yellow lines mean in the sim?
energy exiting the air parcel
To move from one object to another or one place to another
What is transfer
the scientific study of weather
What is meteorology
what cause the air parcel to rise into the troposphere
when the heat reaches the highest it can get
rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds onto the ground
What is precipitation
the ability to make things move
What is energy
conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place
What is weather
when something stays mostly the same over time
What is stability
what makes the air parcel stop rising into the troposphere
when the surrounding temperature and the parcel temperature balence
What order does the water cycle go in ?
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
to move one object to another
What is transfer
a measure of how hot or cold something is
What is temperature