Vocabulary
Atmosphere
The blanket of air that surrounds the planet.
Evaporation
When water vapor interacts with temperatures that are above 32* F.
Rain
What are the three states of water?
Solid, liquid, and gas
Weather
Condensation
The change in form from a gas to a liquid (within a cloud, water condenses).
When precipitation makes contact with the ground that is 32* F.
Freezing Rain
What is Saturn's biggest moon?
Titan
Humidity
How much water vapor is in the atomosphere.
Precipitation
The release of water from the clouds (when water builds up too much, it leaves and falls from the cloud).
When precipitation interacts with weather conditions that are below 32* F.
Snow
Where is the only place in our solar system where water can be found as a solid, liquid, and gas?
Earth
Affect vs. Effect
Affect is the action of producing or influencing change. Effect is used to describe the result of something.
Runoff/Collection
The process of precipitation running over the surface of the earth back into streams, lakes, rivers, and the ocean.
When precipitation starts as snow, enters warmer air while falling to the ground, and then re-enters subfreezing air and refreezes while falling
Sleet
Titan does not have the same type of precipitation that we observe on Earth. The liquids observed on Titan aren't water, but are instead what?
Liquid methane.