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Types of Weather
The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle Cont.
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Dangerous storms that form over water during the hottest time of the year. Known by strong winds and heavy rainfall.
What are hurricanes?
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Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off, accumulation.
What are the steps of the water cycle?
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Liquid, to gas, to solid or liquid again.
What are the states of matter during the water cycle?
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How hot or cold something is?
What is temperature?
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A precipitation that occurs during the winter- frozen raindrops
What is sleet
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The process of which energy from the sun allows water to turn into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
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A huge part of the water cycle connected by the processes of evaporation and precipitation?
What is the ocean?
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The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
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Air moving from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure?
What is the cause of strong wind?
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Storms that form when a layer of cold air moves over a layer of warm air. Shaped like a funnel cloud.
What are tornadoes?
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The process which allows water vapor to turn into precipitation.
What is condensation?
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the cause of evaporation during the water cycle.
What is the sun?
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the boundary where two different air masses meet.
What is a front?
300
an example of a type of land that does not have much precipitation and therefore does not support much plant life.
What is a desert?
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A precipitation that occurs during summer months- large chunks of ice.
What is hail?
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Rain, snow, sleet, hail.
What is precipitation?
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Water flowing over the Earth's surfaces into the lakes, rivers, and oceans.
What is runoff?
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The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is Climate?
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Air pressure that causes cool, fair weather.
What is high pressure?
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a climate where there are no trees.
What is a polar climate?
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temperature and pressure.
What are important factors of the water cycle?
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controls whether water is a gas, liquid or solid ice
What is temperature?
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The force of the weight of air pressing down on Earth.
What is air pressure?
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Air pressure that is hotter and has more moisture.
What is low pressure?