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Vocabulary
Heating
Weather
Seasons
Particles
100
a large body of air that stays in 1 place for a long time
What is stagnant air?
100
conduction and radiation
What are two ways energy can travel from one material to another?
100
occur when water overflows the natural or artificial banks of a stream or other body of water
What is flooding?
100
the angle between the rays of light and the surface of the land
What is the solar angle?
100
stay close together, move side to side
What is a solid particle?
200
a condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
What is weather?
200
to radiate again
What is re-radiation?
200
less than normal precipitation over a long period of time
What is a drought?
200
the seasons are opposite in the North Hemisphere
What is the southern hemisphere?
200
Tiny bits of matter, atoms and molecules
What is a particle?
300
the movement of air from high to low pressure
What is wind?
300
molecular motion
What is heat?
300
forms when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass
What is a front?
300
The tilt of the earth's axis
What causes the seasons?
300
a liquid and gas that show their flow
What is fluid?
400
when there are equal days and nights
What is an equinox?
400
travels in waves/rays
What is radiation?
400
short rapid unexpected flows of muddy water rushing down a canyon
What are flash floods?
400
Earth's axis
What is an invisible line at a 23.5 degree angle?
400
something is forced into a smaller space
What is compressed?
500
the boundary between two air masses
What is a front?
500
travels by contact
What is conduction?
500
the average weather condition over a long time
What is climate?
500
Beam spreading
What is a light beam that covers a large area when it hits a surface at an angle?
500
These particles move fast and travel randomly
What is a gas particle?