Vocabulary 1
Repeated movement of water through the environment.
What is the water cycle?
Water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet or snow.
What is precipitation?
Amount of water vapor in the air.
What is Humidity?
A measure would you use to tell someone how far away your town is from the equator.
What is latitude?
Frozen precipitation that forms in layers.
What is hail?
The process in which gas turns into a liquid.
What is condensation?
Mixture of water vapor, and gases(air).
What is Atmosphere?
Movement of air that redistributes heat on Earth.
What is circulation?
Weather conditions over along time.
What is climate?
Height above sea level.
What is elevation?
All the waters of Earth.
What is Hydrosphere?
Solid, rocky outer layer of Earth.
What is Lithosphere?
Rain that freezes before it hits the ground.
What is sleet?
Movement of materials away from a place.
What is erosion?
What is cirrus?
Changing of a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
Living things on Earth.
What is Biosphere?
Height above sea level.
What is elvation?
Process of laying down materials such as rocks and soil.
What is deposition?
What is Altocumulus?
Water in the form of a gas in the air.
What is water vapor?
State of the atmosphere.
What is weather?
Three factors that can influence climate
What is latitude, elevation and distance from water?
After a sunny afternoon, the puddles of water disappear as they become water vapor. What part of the water cycle does this represent?
What is Evaporation?
Low level cloud, that cover the whole sky (long rows)
What is Stratus?